caliban quotes Flashcards
“foul witch
Sycorax”
“litter here/ A freckled
whelp, hag-born”
(animalistic)
effect of “tortoise”
animalistic imagery
“got by the devil himself/ Upon
thy wicked dam”
“A south-west blow on ye, / And
blister you all o’er”
“This island’s mine by
Sycorax my mother”
“and then I loved thee/ And
showed thee all the qualities o’th’isle”
“I am all of the subjects
that you have”
“till thou didst seek to violate/ The
honour of my child”
“I had peopled else/ This isle
with Calibans”
“thy vile
race”
“you taught me language, and my profit on’t/ Is, I know you how to
curse. The red plague rid you/ For learning me your language!”
“There would be this monster
make a man”
(Trinculo thinking about how they could exploit native)
“He’s a present for
any emperor”
(Stefano thinking about how they could exploit native)
“moon
calf”
(deformed)
“That’s a brave god, and bears celestial
liquor. I will kneel to him.”
(caliban worshipping Stephano)
“puppy- headed
monster”
“A plague upon the
tyrant that I serve”
“ban, ban, Ca-
Caliban”
(name=power)
“freedom, high-day
freedom”
(ironic as he has exchanged one master for another)
“let me lick
thy shoe”
(subservient to Stefano)
“thou mayst knock a
nail into his head”
“This isle is full of noises, /Sounds and
sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not”
“When I waked/ I cried
to dream again”
“a devil, a born devil, on whose nature,/ Nurture
can never stick”
“Let it alone, thou
fool, it is but trash”
“This thing of darkness,
I acknowledge mine”
“I’ll be wise hereafter,/ And
seek for grace.”
“I’ll be wise hereafter,/ And
seek for grace.”
