Caliban
Monstrous island slave
Caliban is a character in Shakespeare's *The Tempest*—a savage, deformed slave who inhabits the island where Prospero is stranded.
The name has become a byword for brutishness, primitiveness, or resentful subjugation: He played Caliban to her Prospero, doing her bidding while seething with contempt.
Postcolonial readings have recast Caliban as a symbol of the colonized, his "monstrousness" reflecting the colonizer's gaze.
Living, sentient entity
- beastLarge wild animal
- deformedAbnormally shaped
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- savageFierce and untamed
brutish · wild · feral · half-human · earthborn · freckled · mooncalf · abhorred
Exiled magical duke
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- The TempestLate Shakespearean island romance
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
island · servitude · magic · betrayal · forgiveness · Milan · Naples · savage
Domination through foreign settlement
- subjugationForcing into submission
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- nativeOriginating from a place
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
exploitation · dispossession · subaltern · hegemony · Eurocentric · othering · resistance · reclamation
Made someone's property
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
dispossessed · tormented · subjugated · outcast · bitter · complex · tragic · vulnerable
creature
Living, sentient entity
savage · brutish · wild · feral · half-human · earthborn · freckled · mooncalf · abhorred · misshapen
Prospero
Exiled magical duke
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- The TempestLate Shakespearean island romance
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
shipwreck · island · servitude · magic · betrayal · forgiveness · Milan · Naples · savage · monster
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- subjugationForcing into submission
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- nativeOriginating from a place
oppression · exploitation · dispossession · subaltern · hegemony · Eurocentric · othering · resistance · reclamation · Caribbean
enslaved
Made someone's property
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
alienated · dispossessed · tormented · subjugated · outcast · bitter · complex · tragic · vulnerable · defiant
Uranus
Sideways-spinning outer world
Miranda · Ariel · Puck · Cordelia · Ophelia · Desdemona · Juliet · Portia · Rosalind · Bianca
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Shakespeare CharactersHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, Juliet
- German MusicRammstein, Kraftwerk, Scooter, Sarah Connor, Sodom
- The TempestProspero, Miranda, Ariel, Ferdinand, Alonso
- WarframesExcalibur, Loki, Ember, Trinity, Ash
CalibanProspero
Exiled magical duke
Miranda · nobleman · gentleman · aristocrat · noble
Calibannoble savage
Idealized primitive innocence
Prospero · paragon · Renaissance man · enlightened being · gentleman