Part one of term paper
A series of pamphlets detailing the expeditions of Sir Thomas Gates and and Sir George Summers is believed to be one of the only outside sources that influenced William Shakespeares¹ writing of The Tempest. The pamphlets told of Gates and Summers miraculous survival after their ship became wedged between two rocks. The pamphlets, titled T ...

Part two of term paper
... was titled Of Cannibals. In this essay Montagine questions the primitive and uncivilized label given to the Indians and savages by the European explorers by creating the ³noble savage². The ³noble savage² according to Montaigne was of better character and persona than the so called civilized explorers because of its natural and uncorrupt state. In The Tempest Shakespeare responds to Montaignes essay through the primeval character of Caliban. Caliban and his overwhelming animal instincts ...