There are obvious parallels between Prospero and Powhatan, both leaders in their own right and cloaked in mystery, and between Miranda and Pocahontas, both beautiful, and interestingly, both described as “nonpareils”: first by Smith, “the only Nonpareil of his Country” (Goodheart par. 1) and next by Caliban, “he himself/ Calls her a nonpareil” (Shakespeare 55). Each of these characters plays a role, if one looks at the play through a postcolonial lens, even Miranda, who though she doesn’t directly interact with more than three characters, is still highly influenced in ways of thought by her father,
There are obvious parallels between Prospero and Powhatan, both leaders in their own right and cloaked in mystery, and between Miranda and Pocahontas, both beautiful, and interestingly, both described as “nonpareils”: first by Smith, “the only Nonpareil of his Country” (Goodheart par. 1) and next by Caliban, “he himself/ Calls her a nonpareil” (Shakespeare 55). Each of these characters plays a role, if one looks at the play through a postcolonial lens, even Miranda, who though she doesn’t directly interact with more than three characters, is still highly influenced in ways of thought by her father,