Question

In The Tempest, what is Caliban's realationship to Prospero

Answer 1

Before Caliban was enslaved he would have thought that him and Prospero where good but after all that had happened their relationship is based on hatred alone.

Answer 2

Hag-born" "whelp," not "honoured with human shape."

"Demi-devil."

"Poor credulous monster."

"Hag-seed."

"Strange fish."

These are just a few descriptions of Caliban, one of the most debated figures in all of Shakespeare. Is this cursing, would-be rapist and wannabe killer nothing but a monster? Or, is this belligerent, iambic pentameter-speaking slave worthy of our sympathy? Is Caliban a response toMontaigne's vision of the "noble savage"? Is he symbolic of the victims of colonial expansion?

Critical interpretations of Caliban are w