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Mowat's essay emphasizes Caliban's significant role in The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. Caliban's character, in relation to Prospero's, expresses the actual relations between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of settlers and natives, Caliban being the native of the island, and Prospero, the settler. Miranda and Prospero introduce Caliban to the reader as a "villain", "slave" and even a "tortoise". Caliban and his mother, Sycorax, a witch, were the only inhabitan
Caliban's personality contradicts his appearance and therefore, symbolizes the hidden warped appearance of Prospero. Caliban is described as a "monster", "thing of darkness" and "a freckled whelp". The issue of colonization is a very offensive and corrupt situation. Such actions have taken place in past colonization, such as the Americas, Africa and India. Caliban shows remorse towards Prospero as Prospero tries to explain his gift of language. and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o' th' island". Caliban, the native and Prospero, the settler, both face disagreeable circumstances that lead to the climax of colonization. The Tempest is a novel that portrays these occurrences. Caliban extremely resents Prospero's actions, as he says, ".
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