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Prospero And Caliban Quotes Analysis

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Near at the end of the story, Prospero forgives everyone around him and after twelve years Prospero and Miranda returned to Milan. Although you might think that Prospero should be able to sail back to Milan, I have some reasons that condemns Prospero and that he should have been left on the island.

Reason #1:
My first reason is that Prospero stole Caliban's and Ariel's island. In the book, Caliban explains to Prospero how the island was his mother's, Sycorax. And that Prospero taught Caliban then names for the sun and the moon, the big light and the smaller light that burn in the daytime and the nighttime. In the quote, Caliban explains to Prospero how he petted him and taught him language but then Prospero stole the island from Caliban. Prospero used his magic to get what he wants. In this section of the book, we can see Caliban as a self-centered person. Caliban must have felt betrayed, deceived and used. This brings out a mixed outburst of anger and sadness in Caliban. …show more content…

One example in the book is when Prospero leads Miranda to believe that her uncle, Antonio is a traitor and that he overthrew him out of pure greed. This example condemns Prospero because he uses his power to control people around him in a bad way. He uses his magic powers for selfish reasons to manipulate people in the

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