Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, mentioned in Chapter 8, gives an important parallel to Brave New World. In The Tempest, Prospero and his daughter Miranda are exiled to an island where the only other person is a native named Caliban. Prospero takes control of the island and raises Caliban as a slave with an intent to civilize him. When liquor is introduced to Caliban, the liquor becomes his “God,” like soma is to those in the New World. Caliban resents Prospero for taking his home from him, but Prospero sees it as dumb and points to it as his bestial nature, which makes him treat Caliban even more harshly. Caliban is displaced in every possible community, like John is on the reservation, and will likely be in the World State. Also, both of these
