Question

(Compulsory)
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
(Do not spend more than 40 minutes in this question)
1. Answer briefly the questions that follow the extracts :
a) Caliban: I must eat my dinner
This island's mine by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou tak'st from me. When thou cam'st first
Thou strok'st me and made much of me, wouldst give me
Water with berries in't and teach me how
To name the bigger light and how the less,
That burn by day and night; and then I lov'd thee,
And showed thee all the qualities o'the' isle,
The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile -
Cursed be I that did so ! !
i) How has Caliban served Prospero ?
i) Describe how Caliban was treated by Prospero in the beginning?
iii) Explain the lines :".....and teach me how
To name the bigger light and how the less,
That burn by day and night"
iv) What has Prospero done with Caliban which made him get annoyed with Prospero ?
v) How does Caliban go on to curse Prospero after the given extract? Whom does Caliban
represent ?
vi) Give the meanings of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage:
brine, charms​

Answer 1

Answer:

He served him unwillingly and forcefully just because of fear of his magic. At first he was very good and kind to him and served him well. But later their relationship declined . Caliban started hating him