The curtain opens to Caliban on the island plotting revenge onto Prospero for taking away his island and making him a slave. Pans to Oroonoko the recently dead ghost who Caliban confides in for advice.
Caliban: Oh! How much I hate my master Prospero. He comes to my island and takes away my freedom! I have had enough with being told what to do I am going to seek out for my revenge. (begins to think of ways to seek his revenge) I’ve got it! I will poison him and then marry Miranda as my own. I will take back my island and rule all! (begins to create the poison that will kill Prospero)
Enter the ghost of Oroonoko
Oroonoko: Caliban my dear friend what are you doing?
Caliban: I am doing what I should have done a long time ago.
Oroonoko: You don’t want to get your freedom this way. Trust me there is a better way to do this then by killing Prospero.
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You were enslaved by the English and you sought out revenge for your freedom. I want me freedom like you wanted yours.
Oroonoko: Yes, it is true I did plan a revolt with fellow slaves to take back our freedom. But as you know my plan failed and I ended up dead. (looking up at the sky remembering his life choices) I see things differently now and I want to help you make your life better, Caliban. I can not go back in time and change things that happened to me, but I believe it is now my job as your inner conscience to improve your