Caliban Quotes Flashcards
‘The foul…
… witch Sycorax’
‘Litter here…
… A freckled whelp, hag-born’
‘got by…
.. the devil himself, upon thy wicked damn’
‘A south-west…
…wind blow on ye and blister you o’er’
‘This island’s mine…
… by Sycorax my mother’
‘And then I loved…
… thee and showed thee al the qualities o’th’isle’
‘I am all…
… the subjects that you have’
‘Till thou didst…
… seek to violate the honour of my daughter’
‘I had peopled…
… else the isle with little Calibans’
‘thy vile…
… race’
‘You taught me…
… language, and my profit on’t, Is, I know how to curse. The red-plague rid you for learning me your language’
‘There would this monster…
… make a man. He’s a present for any emperor’
‘moon-
-calf’
‘That’s a brave…
… god, and bears celestial liquor. I will kneel to him’
‘Puppy-
- headed monster’
‘A plague…
… upon the tyrant that I serve!’
‘Ban, Ban…
… Ca-Caliban’
‘Freedom…
… high-day, freedom’
‘Let me lick…
… thy shoe’
‘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’
