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    I have to admit that The Temptest was really confusing to me at first but I did begin to understand it as I continued on. I think that Shakespeare's main topics are dealing with the issues of colonialism and numerous occurences in our history. For myself and many others I believe, The Temptest dealt with the exact same conflicts that our own history dealt with during postcolonialism times, the Native American conflicts. On the other hand, I also believe that the relationship between the arguments of Stephen Greenblatt and George Will strongly relate to two main points Shakespeare was attempting to make. Thiis makes since to me because it reveals the different sides of how we should view or how we should not view a piece of literature. My own view of Shakespeare's narrative The Temptest is that Shakespeare coincides his own beliefs of colonialism by portraying it in with his two main characters, Prospero and Caliban, and also by using our own history into a narrative to make his point a little more clear.