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Starter – How many words can you make? What is the 9

letter word?

Shakespeare

L.O: To explore the character of Caliban and how he relates to the theme of

power and control.

Monday, 16th December 2013

Success Criteria:3. You MUST understand the character of Caliban and show awareness of how he relates the theme of power.(C grade description)

2. You SHOULD analyse the character of Caliban and identify and comment on how he relates to the theme of power.(B grade description)

1. You COULD analyse and evaluate the character of Caliban and how he relates to the theme of power andwider context.(A-A* grade description)

What impressions do these pictures give

the audience of this character? Caliban might represent people’s views

of the natives of newly discovered lands during the 1600s.

Think about how Prospero treats Caliban.

Why do you think the character is called Caliban?

The significance of Caliban

Discuss and annotate.

How might these images from travel documents have influenced Shakespeare and his audience?

What might they be expecting from a native of a faraway island?

Look at the images

Then was this island--

Save for the son that she did litter here,A freckled whelp hag-born--not honour'd withA human shape.

Prospero’s Description of Caliban – Act 1 Scene 2 Lines

281 – 284

Prospero’s initial treatment of Caliban - Act 1 Scene 2 Lines

333 – 364

CALIBAN:This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,Which thou takest from me. When thou camest first,Thou strokedst me and madest much of me, wouldst give meWater with berries in't, and teach me howTo name the bigger light, and how the less,That burn by day and night: and then I loved theeAnd show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle,The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile:Cursed be I that did so! All the charmsOf Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you!For I am all the subjects that you have,Which first was mine own king: and here you sty meIn this hard rock, whiles you do keep from meThe rest o' the island. PROSPERO: Thou most lying slave,Whom stripes may move, not kindness! I have used thee,Filth as thou art, with human care, and lodged theeIn mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violateThe honour of my child. 

CALIBAN: O ho, O ho! would't had been done!Thou didst prevent me; I had peopled elseThis isle with Calibans. MIRANDA: Abhorred slave,Which any print of goodness wilt not take,Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee,Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hourOne thing or other: when thou didst not, savage,Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble likeA thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposesWith words that made them known. But thy vile race,Though thou didst learn, had that in't whichgood naturesCould not abide to be with; therefore wast thouDeservedly confined into this rock,Who hadst deserved more than a prison. CALIBAN: You taught me language; and my profit on'tIs, I know how to curse. The red plague rid youFor learning me your language!

Caliban continues to act as Prospero’s

servant, collecting wood and cursing his master.

Caliban represents the natives of an island – the audience needs to think about the way that he is treated.

Is he civilised or savage?

Act 2:Scene 2

All the infections that the sun sucks up

From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall and make himBy inch-meal a disease! His spirits hear meAnd yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch,Fright me with urchin--shows, pitch me i'the mire,Nor lead me, like a firebrand, in the darkOut of my way, unless he bid 'em; butFor every trifle are they set upon me;Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at meAnd after bite me, then like hedgehogs whichLie tumbling in my barefoot way and mountTheir pricks at my footfall; sometime am IAll wound with adders who with cloven tonguesDo hiss me into madness

His speech: Act 2-Scene 2

 What have we here? a man or a fish? dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish- like smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John. A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lazy out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man and his fins like arms! Warm o' my troth! I do now let loose my opinion; hold it no longer: this is no fish, but an islander, that hath lately suffered by a thunderbolt. Highlight the words he uses to describe Caliban. What opportunities does he see if he could capture Caliban and return him to Europe?

Trinculo stumbles across Caliban, and describes him:

Who has power over Caliban?

Does he hold any power?Consider what happens with Stephano and Trinculo, who is in control here?

Review

Come up with three questions to test another

group’s knowledge of Caliban and how he relates to the wider themes of the play.

Your group must know the answer to the question!

Knowledge check

5 minutes

1. Must be a simple knowledge question.

2. Must be an analysis question.

3. Must be an evaluation question.

Question types

5 minutes

Success Criteria:3. You MUST understand the character of Caliban and show awareness of how he relates the theme of power.(C grade description)

2. You SHOULD analyse the character of Caliban and identify and comment on how he relates to the theme of Power.(B grade description)

1. You COULD analyse and evaluate the character of Caliban and how he relates to the theme of power andwider context.(A-A* grade description)