truth about Caliban
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In The Tempest Caliban is portrayed as a "hideous monster" and a "disgusting beast". He may look evil and even act it at times, but his soul is very pure and innocent.
Caliban is a reflection of the society he lives in, but people don't recognize this. In the beginning of the play we find out that Caliban was born of a truly hideous and evil witch. We also learn that Caliban has lived on the island his whole life. When members of polite society (Prospero and his daughter Miranda) arrive Prospero tricks Caliban into showing him the good and bad of the island. He assigns his daughter to teach him, keeping Caliban in a cave. Prospero acted kindly to Caliban when Prospero first came to the island. Caliban even speaks of Prospero's kindness, saying he gave him: "water with berries in't and teach) me how / to name the bigger light and (how) the less /" He then says how he was tricked: " and then I loved thee, / and showed the qualities o'th'isle / and here you sty (ied) me / in this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me / the rest o'th'island." (1...