In the play The Tempest, we meet the character of Caliban. Caliban is the original inhabitant of the island, yet he has now been enslaved by Prospero. We learn that Caliban is not at all happy with this situation. He believes that Prospero is a usurper, and he wants the island to be sovereign.
These desires and circumstances are very similar to those that existed in the minds of the colonial native populations after the arrival of Europeans. These people were the original inhabitants of their territory, but they also found themselves becoming servants and slaves to the newly-arrived population. Moreover, most of them also believed this to be unfair and wanted to gain their independence.
