What Is Pocahontas Coexist?

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Second is a typical story of life during the colonialism, when, due to certain circumstances somebody is “captured” by colonialists. In our case, “Pocahontas was captured by Captain Samuel Argall and there is a need for her to find a way to live in two different cultures”(Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend). Being married to John Rolfe means that, despite certain difficulties “strong love surely existed”, a lot of facts in history tell us about this phenomenon.
Pocahontas is a strong woman who coexists with her internal feelings and reality that forces her to act as a bridge: seeking to dissonance, actually, between the English settlers in Virginia and the native population. Pocahontas, also, as independent woman worked purposefully for her people

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