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How does Shakespeare present Caliban in TheTempest ?
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How does Shakespeare present Caliban in 'The Tempest'? Caliban is very important to The Tempest. He is as a prominent link between the audience and play. Elizabethan theatre was more like a football match that theatre, as we know it today. There were raucous crowds who would have particularly liked having a monster they could jeer at. Therefore Caliban would have been a central character to the lower class character, as they could feel superior to him in a very class determined society. This would have added to the visual element of the play. Shakespeare has created the character of Caliban with depth. He has done this by giving him two possible sides to interpret. In some ways he is a puzzle for the director to solve. Should he be a hardhearted monster who wants to kill his master of should he be mentally defective and miss-guided with human...
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