Prospero seems to treat Ariel in a better way than he treats Caliban. Ariel is a lot more submissive. Prospero manipulates Ariel he calls him “my brave spirit” so that he will perform Prospero’s deeds (1.2.206). In A Tempest, by contrast, the character Ariel shows explicit signs of dissatisfaction and disgust at what Prospero has made him do “I did so most unwillingly”(9). There is a different dynamic to the master- slave relationship of Ariel and Prospero to that of Caliban and Prospero. This is because Prospero freed Ariel from a tree that Caliban’s mother had trapped him inside. The notion then is that Prospero saved Ariel and now he feels some sort of obligation to repay the man who helped him get liberty “I will be correspondent to command /And so my spriting
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It is evident that, Prospero has a deep hatred towards Caliban especially after the almost rape incident with Caliban and Miranda, claiming, “Caliban is the enemy” (15). Caliban blames Prospero for the act of rape, believing that he learnt through him “you’re the one that put those dirty thoughts in my head” (13). Prospero abused him and so one may speculate if Caliban is just reinforcing the behaviours he has been exposed to “you’ll be whipped” (14). Furthermore, Caliban reclaims his identity in A Tempest. His name was lost because of the colonial oppressive influences and so he wants to be called “X” to reclaim a lost identity (15). This action makes reference to Malcolm Little who reclaimed his identity by calling himself Malcom X during Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.This is Caliban’s way of taking back his freedom, reinventing himself. It is also a notable difference of the depiction of the character in each play. Lastly, there is also the element of white and black magic. The white magic is Prospero’s magic and he believes he uses that magic to benefit others. This is his justification behind killing Caliban’s mother as she practised black
It is evident that, Prospero has a deep hatred towards Caliban especially after the almost rape incident with Caliban and Miranda, claiming, “Caliban is the enemy” (15). Caliban blames Prospero for the act of rape, believing that he learnt through him “you’re the one that put those dirty thoughts in my head” (13). Prospero abused him and so one may speculate if Caliban is just reinforcing the behaviours he has been exposed to “you’ll be whipped” (14). Furthermore, Caliban reclaims his identity in A Tempest. His name was lost because of the colonial oppressive influences and so he wants to be called “X” to reclaim a lost identity (15). This action makes reference to Malcolm Little who reclaimed his identity by calling himself Malcom X during Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.This is Caliban’s way of taking back his freedom, reinventing himself. It is also a notable difference of the depiction of the character in each play. Lastly, there is also the element of white and black magic. The white magic is Prospero’s magic and he believes he uses that magic to benefit others. This is his justification behind killing Caliban’s mother as she practised black