Caliban

For other uses, see Caliban (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Taliban.

Caliban
The Tempest character
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
In-universe information
FamilySycorax (Mother)

Caliban (/ˈkælɪbæn/ KAL-i-ban), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own work:[1] as Russell Hoban put it, "Caliban is one of the hungry ideas, he's always looking for someone to word him into being ... Caliban is a necessary idea".[2]

  1. ^ Hulme, P., ed. (2000). The Tempest and its Travels. London. p. xiii.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Quoted in Hulme, P., ed. (2000). The Tempest and its Travels. London. p. xii.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)