Who is Caliban?
In 1610-1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest, a play about Prospero, a sorcerer plotting revenge to regain his rightful place after being robbed of his title, Duke of Milan, a prince of power, and forced into exile, with his daughter Miranda, to later find refuge on an isolated island. It is on this island that Prospero encounters Caliban, one of only two beings who remain and occupy the island. At first glance, Caliban and Prospero become well acquainted until certain turn of events shift their relationship into slave and master. Due to his physical appearances and instinctive animal behaviors, Caliban is treated as subhuman and a savage and is degraded and taken advantage of. Undoubtedly, dissimilarities would cause …show more content…
After the death of his mother, he inherited the island and became the rightful owner, “This island’s mine, by Sycorax my mother.” He was one of only two beings living on the island, the other Ariel, servant then prisoner of Sycorax. He was a natural man inhabiting the island with knowledge of survival and ways around the island. It wasn’t until Prospero’s arrival that he learned to speak the language of …show more content…
Unfortunately, Prospero came to the rescue and prevented this occurrence. Because of this act of lust towards his daughter, Prospero regarded Caliban as a savage, changing his social position and punishing him to enslavement. Their relationship turned to slave and master, Caliban enslaved by Prospero, where intimidation and fear fueled the work of Caliban, “I’ll rack thee with old cramps, fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar.” As a slave, when Caliban talked back or refused to do his bidding, he was reminded of the curses that would be brought upon him by Prospero. One of the laborious duties he was forced to do was to fetch wood to make
In 1610-1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest, a play about Prospero, a sorcerer plotting revenge to regain his rightful place after being robbed of his title, Duke of Milan, a prince of power, and forced into exile, with his daughter Miranda, to later find refuge on an isolated island. It is on this island that Prospero encounters Caliban, one of only two beings who remain and occupy the island. At first glance, Caliban and Prospero become well acquainted until certain turn of events shift their relationship into slave and master. Due to his physical appearances and instinctive animal behaviors, Caliban is treated as subhuman and a savage and is degraded and taken advantage of. Undoubtedly, dissimilarities would cause …show more content…
After the death of his mother, he inherited the island and became the rightful owner, “This island’s mine, by Sycorax my mother.” He was one of only two beings living on the island, the other Ariel, servant then prisoner of Sycorax. He was a natural man inhabiting the island with knowledge of survival and ways around the island. It wasn’t until Prospero’s arrival that he learned to speak the language of …show more content…
Unfortunately, Prospero came to the rescue and prevented this occurrence. Because of this act of lust towards his daughter, Prospero regarded Caliban as a savage, changing his social position and punishing him to enslavement. Their relationship turned to slave and master, Caliban enslaved by Prospero, where intimidation and fear fueled the work of Caliban, “I’ll rack thee with old cramps, fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar.” As a slave, when Caliban talked back or refused to do his bidding, he was reminded of the curses that would be brought upon him by Prospero. One of the laborious duties he was forced to do was to fetch wood to make