Ethically Right
Politically Astute
Preferable to Ariel
100
Caliban: Or if you really want to lick me, do it with a gentle tongue, like the toad whose pure drool soothes me with sweet dreams of the future. For it is for you, for all of us, that I go forth today to face the common enemy. A3S4P52
100
Ariel: Master, let me intercede for him and beg your indulgence. You've got to understand: he's a rebel. Prospero: By his insubordination he's calling into question the whole order of the world. Maybe the Divinity can afford to let him get away with it, but I have a sense of responsibility! A3S3P50
200
Caliban: Your vocation is to hassle me. And that's why you'll stay, just like those guys who founded he colonies and who now can't live anywhere else. You're just an old addict, that's what you are! A3S4P62
200
Caliban: You mustn't underestimate him. You mustn't overestimate him, either... he's showing his power, but he's doing it mostly to impress us. A3S4P54
200
Caliban: And what about you? What good has your obedience done you, your Uncle Tom patience and your sucking up to him. The man’s just getting more demanding and despotic day by day. A2S1P26; Ariel: Why should we go to any trouble for them? If they won’t eat, they can die of hunger. Prospero: No, I want them to eat. Ariel: That’s despotism. A2S2P31
300
Caliban: Anyhow, you only think she’s dead because you think the earth itself is dead… it’s so much simpler that way! Dead, you can walk on it, pollute it, you can tread upon it with the steps of a conqueror. I respect the earth, because I know that Sycorax is alive. A1S2P18
300
Ariel: he's promised me my freedom. In the distant future, of course, but it's the first time he's actually committed himself. Caliban: Talk's cheap! He'll promise you a thousand more times and take it back a thousand times. A2S1P26