Social Hierarchy in the Tempest Essay

Humanity’s desire for power and control was the driving force behind the European colonial period beginning in the 16th century. The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare in 1610, portrays the social issues and insecurities that were caused due to the new-found colonialism. In the second scene of Act 2, the relationship between the colonizers and the colonized festers, consequently leading to discord. Shakespeare uses variations of literary devices, figurative language, diction, and combating…

Why do men feel the need to exploit the earth and “conquer” it? These questions can be answered with social construction, that general observations have been exploded to extremes for expectations of the rest of the population. Shiva brings this conversation to colonization, “development was thus reduced to a continuation of the process of colonization;…

This means that the entire concept of morality was created by humans with an understanding of social interactions within their culture. Since, different cultures could have different social norms, what may by courteous in some cultures may be inappropriate in others. For example, in some middle eastern countries burping after a meal is considered a complement where as in American culture it…