features very well, and Shakespeare requires the reader to imagine this ugly slave in their head. Stephan and Tricolor describe Caliban only as a "monster" and give no real detail to his unique figure. I only obtained a few things about Caliban from reading William Shakespeare's the Tempest. He was one of the first people on the island, even before Prospero came along. Prospero made him into a slave and taught him English so that he could do as Prospero commands. Caliban is an ugly creature that is more intelligent than he appears. Yet there is so much more that lies beneath this unique character in the play. David Dabydeen's essay called Hogarth and the Canecutter brings Caliban to life in a different way, and explores Caliban's most inner thoughts.
David Dabydeen is a scholar on European, Caribbean, and Latin American Art. In particular, he has written many dissertations on
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