Language and Colonialism

using the text\\\'s \\\"the tempest\\\" and \\\"things fall apart\\\" compare the role language played in colonialism. and cite at least TWO secondary sources to support your position. Use MLA style to cite and document all sources. 1” margins all around, and numbered pages with your last name and page number in the top right header. 2. A cover page is not required, but your full name, date, and \"World Lit II\" should appear at the top left corner of the first page. When using quotes, paraphrases, or summaries, use MLA Citation Style for in. - text citations and the works cited page (required) Save your essay under your last name as a .doc (My Thesis Proposal. I will discuss Things Fall Apart and The Tempest both share the theme of colonialism. In this essay I will look at the efficiency and inefficiency of the native and \\\"civilized\\\" language of the colonized and colonist. Things fall apart looks at the tragedy of what could of been a great leader, a tragedy which is was brought on by weapons brought to the culture through colonialism. The colonist and the colonized do not understand each other\\\'s language this resulted in clash of cultures, The colonist brings a translator to the village without knowing that each tribe\\\'s language is complex and different from the other, the village people made laughter of the colonist and his translator meanwhile he looks down on them because they do not understand english. The Tempest, Caliban was cheated out of his of his inheritance of governing the island by an outsider an outsider who he taught how to use to magical books which him(colonist) prosperity. In the Tempest Miranda teaches Caliban english/ the language of the colonist which he has difficulty learning Prospero sees this inability to learn civilized language as being ungrateful. Language plays a major role in exposing cultural differences the cultures share. No language is supreme, both english and the native language of the colonized is complex yet the colonist in both stories tend to have a belief that their language is supreme. ) - Things fall Apart -The Tempest (teache response. I love how you focus on the issue of language as a tool of colonialism. This clearly fits with The Tempest, where Caliban is assimilated by learning English, but later rejects it as a symbolic rejection of Prospero\\\'s colonization of the island. The use of language in Things Fall Apart is more complex, as you point out. The missionaries come with translators, which seems to be a sign of respect. But this is just a step towards setting up English churches and schools that eventually corrode the Igbo tribe from within. In the end, the issue of language comes up again when the District Commissioner comments that Okonkwo\\\'s tale is worth at least a paragraph in an English history of the region. The fact that Achebe wrote the book from an African perspective and incorporated Igbo words demonstrates his attempt to de-colonize the history and culture of Africa. Don\\\'t forget to include two secondary sources. You may want to do a database search for language in The Tempest and TFA.)