caliban quotes Flashcards

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1
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“foul witch

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Sycorax”

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2
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“litter here/ A freckled

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whelp, hag-born”
(animalistic)

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3
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effect of “tortoise”

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animalistic imagery

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4
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“got by the devil himself/ Upon

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thy wicked dam”

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5
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“A south-west blow on ye, / And

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blister you all o’er”

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6
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“This island’s mine by

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Sycorax my mother”

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7
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“and then I loved thee/ And

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showed thee all the qualities o’th’isle”

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8
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“I am all of the subjects

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that you have”

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9
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“till thou didst seek to violate/ The

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honour of my child”

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10
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“I had peopled else/ This isle

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with Calibans”

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11
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“thy vile

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race”

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12
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“you taught me language, and my profit on’t/ Is, I know you how to

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curse. The red plague rid you/ For learning me your language!”

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13
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“There would be this monster

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make a man”
(Trinculo thinking about how they could exploit native)

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14
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“He’s a present for

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any emperor”
(Stefano thinking about how they could exploit native)

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15
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“moon

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calf”
(deformed)

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16
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“That’s a brave god, and bears celestial

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liquor. I will kneel to him.”
(caliban worshipping Stephano)

17
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“puppy- headed

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monster”

18
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“A plague upon the

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tyrant that I serve”

19
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“ban, ban, Ca-

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Caliban”
(name=power)

20
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“freedom, high-day

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freedom”
(ironic as he has exchanged one master for another)

21
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“let me lick

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thy shoe”
(subservient to Stefano)

22
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“thou mayst knock a

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nail into his head”

23
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“This isle is full of noises, /Sounds and

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sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not”

24
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“When I waked/ I cried

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to dream again”

25
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“a devil, a born devil, on whose nature,/ Nurture

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can never stick”

26
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“Let it alone, thou

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fool, it is but trash”

27
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“This thing of darkness,

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I acknowledge mine”

28
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“I’ll be wise hereafter,/ And

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seek for grace.”

29
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“I’ll be wise hereafter,/ And

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seek for grace.”