Caliban

His punishments of Caliban are petty and vindictive, as he calls upon his spirits to pinch Caliban when he curses.

The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.

The image of Caliban provided by Prodpero is his own invention and we cannot define him in this way.

Which character the audience decides to believe depends on whether it views Caliban as inherently brutish, or as made brutish by oppression.

In his first speech to Prospero, Caliban insists that Prospero stole the island from him.

is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.

the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.

Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Brown, Shakespeare's Caliban: A Cultural history (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990).

Caliban elects to remain in servitude. What ideal of "freedom" lies behind this contrast.

Both Caliban and Ferdinand profess an interest in untying Miranda's "virgin knot. "

Caliban = Buffalo spirit. Skins Berkoffian performance. On all fours. Poor actor!

How does Caliban compare with Montaigne's Cannibals?

Merlin of Arthurian legend and Shakepseare's Caliban are two famous cambions.

Caliban repeats the mistakes he claims to curse.

Exalted beyond this, as it sometimes is, it remains Caliban still and still plays the beast.

Is Caliban evil or just innocent?

On the other hand, Caliban's desire for sovereignty of the island mirrors the lust for power that led Antonio to overthrow Prospero.

From then on, master-servant relationships like these dominate the play: Prospero and Caliban;

Man and Monster: New Critiques on the Image of Monster Caliban