Question

what connection can be made between europes treatment of colonial native populations and the character of caliban?
a. europeans used physical punishment to control native populations, just as prospero punishes caliban with physical pain.
b. europeans killed the native populations in order to control their land, just as prospero killed all of calibans relatives.
c. europeans tried to christianize the native populations and stamp out their own religious practices, just as prospero teaches caliban his magical practices.
d. europeans removed native populations from their homelands, placing them in foreign worlds, just as prospero forced caliban to come back to milan with him.

Explanation:

In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero uses physical punishment to control Caliban, similar to how Europeans used physical punishment to subdue colonial native populations. There is no evidence in the play that Prospero killed Caliban's relatives, the teaching of magic by Prospero isn't analogous to Christian - izing, and Caliban isn't forced to leave his homeland for a foreign one like Milan.

Answer:

A. Europeans used physical punishment to control native populations, just as Prospero punishes Caliban with physical pain.