How Does Caliban Change In The Tempest

Scars are the body’s way of closing a major cut. The play The Tempest, William Shakespeare and poem “Caliban”, J. P. Dancing Bear be used to cite text for Caliban. The loss of the island, his mother and how it changed Caliban’s life. In The Tempest and “Caliban”, Caliban's experiences of his mother are similar, his thoughts and feelings have changed and he behaves differently towards his mother.

Caliban’s experiences with his mother are similar since she passed away Caliban hasn’t learned the ways of life. Caliban hasn’t been taught how to read or write except for the little help from Miranda. Caliban says he is just showing how much he appreciates Miranda in the only way he knows how in both the play and poem. Prospero states “...thou didst seek to violate/ The honor of my child”(1.2.346-347). Caliban doesn’t know the right way to show his affection for Miranda's help and he tried to violate her. Caliban’s lack of a mother figure has made things harder because he doesn’t have a guide to teach him what he needs to know for life ahead. Caliban was said to be doing something he wasn’t aware was wrong because he had never learned what to do and what not to do.

Caliban and his mother could have ruled the island, instead he lost the island to Prospero when his mother passed and he became a slave on his own island. Caliban hates his mother in the play, but in the poem he misses her. Miranda says “Abhorred slave/ Which any print of goodness wilt not take”(1.2.352-353). Miranda degrades Caliban by calling him a slave. They are both or higher power because Caliban owns the island, but Prospero and Miranda doesn’t see him as powerful all because of Caliban’s lack of knowledge. Caliban lost control of his island to Prospero when his mother passed