Monday, December 5, 2011
Caliban upon Setebos
Caliban compares himself to his god, Setebos, in Browning's poem. Caliban is clearly uneducated and barbaric, often using the third person to describe himself or not using pronouns at all. He is talking to himself, musing about his place under God and in nature, and he uses lots of examples from nature throughout his speech. He speaks about the fish who lives in icy water and longs for the warm sea, but cannot survive there because of his biology, how Setebos made him, as if God made us to suffer. He compares himself to God, saying he is strong like Setebos: "As it likes me each time, I do: so He." He is also brutal like Setebos: "Would not I smash it with my foot? So He." He is made in God's image just like man is made in God's image in the Bible.
Labels:
I and Other,
Power
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