Prospero’s use of earth toned, vivid imagery challenges the idea of Caliban’s monstrous core by portraying him as a victim of Prospero’s “culturing”. Prospero’s response to Caliban’s dismissive diction comprises of animalistic imagery: “urhcins/Shall, for that vast of night that they may work,/All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinched/As think as honeycomb each pinch more stinging/Than been that made ‘em,” (1.2.326-331).While both characters possess mirroring styles of organic, animalistic speech, their views on nature clearly contrast. Prospero’s use of “urchins” and “bees” in his curse back to Caliban focus on naturally dangerous animals with “pinches” and “stinging”, while Caliban’s diction requires the manipulation of evil modifiers to
