Caliban and Prospero

... Corinne Collett Monday, 23 July 2001 Caliban and Prospero In our Drama lesson, we were given an extract from act one, scene two, from a Shakespeare play, called the Tempest. We had to make the audience side with Caliban or Prospero. We chose to make the audience side with Caliban. We did this with these communication skills: Facial expression, tone of voice, body movement, posture, muscle tension and gesture. This is what we did and why: When Caliban says 'as wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed with raven's feather from unwholesome fen drop on you both. A south-west blow on ye and blister you all o'er.' Caliban will be sat on the floor, this will make him seem weak and formulate the audience sympathising towards him, and it makes Caliban look nervous and terrified like Prospero is bullying him. Prospero is pacing around Caliban and trying

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