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How Does Shakespeare introduce Caliban in The Tempest?
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How Does Shakespeare introduce Caliban? [Lines 308 - 374] In your answer: * Look closely at the language, imagery and tone of the passage. * Comment on what the passage suggests about the relationship between Prospero and Caliban. Shakespeare introduces Caliban into act 1: scene 2 before he even speaks by the shared dialogue between Prospero and Miranda. Before he has even entered the stage, the audience learn that Caliban is a slave controlled by Prospero "Whom now I keep in service" because he was born to a wicked mother; Sycorax. As Shakespeare unfolds the evilness that the "hag" Sycorax had previously executed, the audience gain a bad initial impression of Caliban as a character. This idea is also emphasised by the connotations attached to his name, for example it is clear for the audience to see the similarity between the word Caliban and Cannibal, and in fact to see it is an...
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