Overview
Character Name
Caliban
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dramatic Function
Antagonist, Foil
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Ship, Mediterranean Island, Renaissance
Analysis
Caliban is the son of the late Sycorax, a powerful witch who once ruled the island before Prospero’s arrival in The Tempest. According to Prospero, Caliban was conceived through a union between Sycorax and the devil, a claim that frames him as unnatural and morally corrupt
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