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paigeybaby
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How does Prosperos attitude change towards Caliban from A1S2 to A5S1?

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Posted by paigeybaby on Tuesday May 8, 2007 at 12:02 PM and tagged with tempest, the tempest.

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  1. jamie-wheeler Teacher
    College - Sophomore

    In Act 2.1.293-325, we witness Prospero's loathing of the slave. Caliban protests and calls Prospero names, and Prospero, in a voice drippping with hatred, tells his "poisonous slave,"

    For this sure be tonight thou shalt have cramps.
    Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. Urchins
    Shall forth at vast of night, that they may work
    All exercise on thee. Thou shalt be pinched
    As thick as honeycomb, each pinch more stinging
    Than bees that made 'em.

    In Act 5.1,925-300, Caliban and Prospero have reached an uneasy truce. After apologizing to Alfonso for Caliban's manners, he says to Caiban, "Go, sirrah, to my cell/Take with you your companions. As you look/To have my pardon,/Trim* it handsomely" (*trim = tidy, decorate).

    Caliban responds, "Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter,/And seek for grace."

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    Posted by jamie-wheeler on Tuesday May 8, 2007 at 12:24 PM