Hey. I looked at the audience's discovery regarding the employment of Caliban's character. My teacher said in her eyes it seemed a bit "lazy" to do but hsc markers love it!! Anways this is my paragraph:
Assumptions and beliefs widely held towards others may be challenged by one’s discoveries. “The Tempest” subtly challenges the perception of natives being uncivilised through the audience’s transformed perception of Caliban. The use of dialogue when Caliban declares “You taught me language, and my profit on’t/Is, I know how to curse” suggests that his inhumanity stems from the cruelty of his enslavement by Prospero as Caliban views his discovery of language negatively. Indeed Shakespeare’s use of eloquent language and iambic pentameter as Caliban declares “be not afeard, the isle is full of sounds noises and sweet airs”, confronts the audience to discover Caliban’s spiritual, emotional and physical connection to nature that challenges the assumptions held against Caliban as a “hag-seed” and a “demi-devil”. This confronts the audience where the irony of Caliban singing “hey-day, freedom!” evokes empathy within the audience towards him, as it highlights his desire to be freed because of the oppression he experienced by Prospero however he is enslaved by Stephano and Trinculo. Through a greater understanding of Caliban, the audience undergoes a process of discovery that transforms their perception of the New World natives, as they question the morality of Colonialism that enslaved such noble creatures. Thus the audience’s intellectual discoveries challenge their old assumptions of the “new world” natives, resulting in the creation of fresh perspectives. Discoveries overall enable ones assumptions and beliefs to be challenged.
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