Frias 5
Some people might think of Shakespeare?s story The Tempest, as just that, a story about a man who has his position as Duke of Milan usurped by his less than pleasant brother. However, after a careful analysis of The Tempest it is easy to see how prominent the mistreatment of Caliban is and why it is written that way. Throughout the story Caliban is put down multiple times in various manners by different people.
We first hear of Caliban in Prospero?s conversation with Ariel and right off the bat we know that Prospero has a disdain for Caliban when he offhandedly comments that Caliban was ?hag born? and ?not honored with a human shape? (Graff, and Phelan 24). Prospero does not focus much on Caliban in that moment and it is easy to say that it did not really mean anything, but it is common knowledge that when there is respect between people, words like that are not used. Prospero did not use respectful words when speaking about Caliban so it is obvious that Prospero dislikes him.
Later on in the story we learn that the reason Prospero did not favor Caliban was because Caliban took advantage of Prospero?s hospitality and attempted to copulate with …show more content…
Asma. Asma tells us about Alexander who told story of how he and his army encountered giant crabs, three horned wolf like animals, serpents, and dragons. Alexander told this story from his own perspective, it is similar to how the victors of a war get to write history because Alexander too was a victor against all of these supposed creatures and wrote history about them. Asma writes about how it is very likely that Alexander embellished his story. Psychologists believe that it is common human tendency to exaggerate storied because of perception (Hoffman 159). Alexander?s perspective was skewed due to fear and Shakespeare?s due to
Some people might think of Shakespeare?s story The Tempest, as just that, a story about a man who has his position as Duke of Milan usurped by his less than pleasant brother. However, after a careful analysis of The Tempest it is easy to see how prominent the mistreatment of Caliban is and why it is written that way. Throughout the story Caliban is put down multiple times in various manners by different people.
We first hear of Caliban in Prospero?s conversation with Ariel and right off the bat we know that Prospero has a disdain for Caliban when he offhandedly comments that Caliban was ?hag born? and ?not honored with a human shape? (Graff, and Phelan 24). Prospero does not focus much on Caliban in that moment and it is easy to say that it did not really mean anything, but it is common knowledge that when there is respect between people, words like that are not used. Prospero did not use respectful words when speaking about Caliban so it is obvious that Prospero dislikes him.
Later on in the story we learn that the reason Prospero did not favor Caliban was because Caliban took advantage of Prospero?s hospitality and attempted to copulate with …show more content…
Asma. Asma tells us about Alexander who told story of how he and his army encountered giant crabs, three horned wolf like animals, serpents, and dragons. Alexander told this story from his own perspective, it is similar to how the victors of a war get to write history because Alexander too was a victor against all of these supposed creatures and wrote history about them. Asma writes about how it is very likely that Alexander embellished his story. Psychologists believe that it is common human tendency to exaggerate storied because of perception (Hoffman 159). Alexander?s perspective was skewed due to fear and Shakespeare?s due to