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What do you think Shakespeare was trying to achieve through the characterisation of Caliban?
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What do you think Shakespeare was trying to achieve through the characterisation of Caliban? The character of Caliban is a very complex one. A number of interpretations can be and have been made about Caliban's character and what Shakespeare was trying to show. I believe that Shakespeare wanted to present Caliban as a native who was being corrupted by a "civilised" society. During Shakespeare's time there was a great deal of discovery of new countries around the World. With the new discoveries came new colonies and the general feeling about the people they found in these colonies was that they were savages and a lot of them Cannibals as well. I believe Shakespeare was trying to represent these new discovered savages in Caliban; another thing that points is the anagram of Cannibal which almost fits Caliban's name. As well as people who felt that these people were savages, there were those who...
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