Compare the character of Caliban with that of Ariel ?
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Ariel and Caliban, two characters in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest have points of contrast and comparison in their physical features as well as mental make up. Both Ariel and Callban are elemental beings but Ariel belongs to an Elemental Being of the higher order, identified with the upward tending elements of Air and Fire, and with the higher nature of man, while Caliban has been made of an Elemental Being of the lower order, identified with the downward-tending elements of Earth and Water, and the lower nature of man.
In their external appearances Ariel and Caliban are poles apart Ariel, made of air and fire, is a sylph, refined and ethereal. He is the chief of the spirits of air but he is able to exercise his functions in the air, on the land or sea. He can assume any sex and fly with the speed of thought. Caliban, on the other hand, a misshapen monster, man, half-fish, is the son of Sycorax, a witch, begotten by a demon• He is a monster of cruelty, malice, pride, ignorance idleness, gluttony and lust. He is a born devil who curses Prospero and attempts to violate the chastity of Miranda.
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Ariel and Caliban are markedly different in nature and appearance. Ariel as his name suggests is a spirit, ethereal, while Caliban is gross and bestial. Both are connected to the witch Sycorax who ruled the island before Prospero: Ariel was imprisoned by her, before being rescued by Prospero, while Caliban is her offspring. Both are servants of Prospero. Ariel performs a lot of magical feats at his master's command while Caliban is a more lowly and menial servant.