Ariel has the gift of music, while Caliban often shows his poetic sense in describing the beauty of the island. In this sense, they can be regarded as two opposite impulses existing within the same man, Prospero. While Caliban represents raw nature, Ariel represents finer feelings. Thus a study of the two characters, namely Ariel and Caliban, shows that they stand poles apart in their attitudes and behavior. Prompted by Ariel Prospero initiates reconciliation with his former enemies. He induces Prospero to forgive Alonso, Gonzalo and others, saying that their lives are really miserable and they deserve pity. He comes as a benevolent spirit to Alonso and Gonzalo, waking them from sleep before they are about to be killed by Sebastian and Antonio. He also shows his passionate and compassionate nature. Ariel remains on good terms with his master. Except in only one event at the beginning of the play, when he demands his liberty. Thus he perfectly performs his duty as Prospero’s servant. Finally, he lures Caliban and his fellow conspirators into Prospero’s cell. In this way, he arouses their conscience. He then assumes the shape of a Harpy and reprimands Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio, the three men of sin “for the mistreatment they showed to Prospero twelve years before. He then reports to Prospero about the plot. He hears their conspiracy and plays a mischievous role to cause quarrel among the three conspirators. In contrast, Ariel still works an obedient spirit. Conspiratorial and intelligent servantsĬaliban also proposes a plan to kill Prospero and Stephano agrees to him. Thus, Shakespeare seeds the seeds of colonization through the reversed nature of Ariel and Caliban. I’ll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. I’ll show thee the best springs: I will pluck thee berries: Ariel has a prospect of the smooth transition from servitude to freedom. On the other hand, the relation between Prospero and Ariel does not entail any such tension. It is true that Caliban is vulnerable to lust and treachery, but these are fundamental aspects of raw nature and are parts of humanity. He has trained Caliban as a slave, he does not give him a real education as he gives it to Miranda. However, we also find that his view of nature is a limited one. Again, when Prospero says that Caliban is “A devil, a born devil, on whose nature / Nature can never stick”, we find that he is asserting the white man’s burden as a civilizer of the world. Caliban’s experience is a typical example of what happens to any race subjugated to colonization. which thou tak’st from me “, we see Prospero as the usurper on the island, who came to the island, making Caliban his slave. For example, when Caliban says, “This island mine, by Sycorax, my mother. The relationship between Prospero and Caliban exemplifies the catastrophic issue which is certainly an ideology raised by the colonialists.
#Ariel in the tempest free#
When Prospero says that he will set Ariel free but before that he must obey his command, we find that Ariel always complies with Prospero’s wish. When Prospero reminds that he saved Ariel from the confinement of the witch named Sycorax, Prospero easily tames Ariel into submission by threatening him with a further twelve years’ imprisonment. Like Caliban, Ariel also seeks liberty from Prospero’s yoke but he does not have the revolutionary zeal like Caliban. Caliban curses Prospero and also complains that Prospero torments him for the slightest offence. Caliban is rebellious from the very beginning. However, unlike Ariel Caliban always works for Prospero reluctantly and only under threat. Prospero says “He does make our fire, Fetch in our wood, and serves in offices That profit us”. Like Ariel, Caliban does many works for Prospero. Stephano considers him first as some monster of the isle and then as a devil. When Trinculo and Stephano see him first, they tend to think of him like a fish and think of the possibility of showing him to make his fortune in England.
While Ariel is a fiery spirit, Prospero terms Caliban as “Thou Caliban is described as “A freckled whelp, hag-born-not honoured with / A human shape”. He arranges the accident in such a way that the passengers are scattered on the island without facing any injury. It is Ariel who caused terror on Alonso’s ship, inducing the inmates to jump into the water. In the past, Ariel visited the ocean floor, the freezing north wind, and the underground river. As he says to Prospero that he can do anything: “ be’t to fly, / To swim to dive into the fire, to ride /On the curled clouds”. Ariel is a supernatural spirit and an obedient servant of Prospero. Both Ariel and Caliban are servants to Prospero.
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