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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.

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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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Caliban doesn’t know the right way to show his affection for Miranda's help and he tried to violate her. Caliban’s lack of a mother figure has made things harder because he doesn’t have a guide to teach him what he needs to know for life ahead. Caliban was said to be doing something he wasn’t aware was wrong because he had never learned what to do and what not to do.

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Prospero was betrayed by Antonio who had an "evil nature" and with the help of the king from Naples banished her (Shakespeare Act 1 93). A betrayal like this would be devastating for anyone but the fact it's her brother makes it hurt so much more. Later in the play when Prospero meets King Alonso, her brother Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo she chooses to forgive them for banishing her and she even "brings them to their ship" so they can return to Naples (Shakespeare Act 5 306). Had Prospero chosen revenge she most likely would have left them on the island and they would have died which would have taken Ferdinand's father from him and their deaths would be on her conscience. When a person chooses to take revenge instead of forgiving someone they kill or hurt people to make themselves feel

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He faces rejection and neglect from his creator. This leads to destructive consequences for both. So, Prospero’s relationship with Caliban is more involved. Despite terrible treatment, Prospero tries to educate and civilize Caliban.

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Prospero is a power hungry- tyrant. Through out The Tempest Prospero is constantly using his power for his own well being. Prospero takes the island away from Caliban and imprisons him, then he holds Ariel captive, using her power for himself. and lastly Prospero uses his daughters lack of knowledge of men and the to side world. Prospero only has his mind set on revenge, no matter the cost and who will get hurt along the way.

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In the poems and Shakespeare's play, they all portray Caliban as a character who desires human connection. 1) Caliban does not have any family and wishes he had his mother to be by his side. According to the play, Caliban tells Prospero, “This island’s mine by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak’st from me” (524). He wants his mother back because as soon as Prospero got to the island, he took control and made the beast his slave, but Caliban believes the island is his inheritance since his mother was there before Prospero. Without her back, there is nothing much he can do.

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Prospero's intentions for this was to cause him to feel the loneliness he has experienced while living in exile. Although Prospero underwent a great deal of trouble to obtain his vengeance, he ultimately forgave his betrayers. The revenge that Antonio, Sebastian, and Alonso endure is significantly different than the revenge that Caliban

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These issues can be seen in the poem "Caliban," where he states, "Before hatred ate my heart / there was music," (Dancing Bear, 1-2). Before Prospero came to the island Caliban experienced happiness through his mother. However, after Prospero took over, Caliban only focused on getting his vengeance. This caused him to only focus on the grief in his life, not allowing for any positive emotions to be expressed. Prospero's indifference about how Caliban felt, meant that Caliban's emotional distress was one sided.

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When Trinculo and Stephano first arrive on the island and meet Caliban, he is initially afraid of them, but after drinking some of their wine, agrees to be their servant and believes that they are gods. Trinculo and Stephano’s intentions to rule the island represents the colonization that was taking place during Shakespeare’s life, as many Europeans colonized other regions such as the Americas for their resources. This shows how Caliban is wronged as he represents a native of the island, who is manipulated and exploited by the colonizers. Caliban is trusting of them and believes that they are gods, but they are merely using him. Through this exploitation of Caliban, Shakespeare demonstrates how Caliban is most wronged as he is unknowingly manipulated and is treated as an uncivilized monster.

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(1.2, 398). Caliban was uneducated but he wasn’t stupid. He was smart enough to understand what happened currently and in the present and to understand his feelings towards the way that Prospero was treating him. Thereafter understanding all these things, he plotted along with others to kill Prospero. This fact alone doesn’t make Caliban a bad person it makes him the deprived colonial subject.

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He made Caliban his servant because he could not trust him, he had lost respect, and had no other choice. Even when Caliban was serving Prospero, he was still treated fairly. Prospero freed Ariel from being eternally stuck in a tree, and in return he asked that for a year, Ariel would serve him and help him get off of the island, and then he would be freed. Prospero did not take partial control of Caliban and Ariel without a reasonable purpose, where the Europeans had no real reason at all. Prospero’s valid reasoning, his open mindedness towards Caliban, and his willingness to set Ariel free are why I believe that the translation of the play that compares it to European colonialism is

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