 I pitied thee, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other : when thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but would'st gabble like A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes With words that made them known : But thy...  Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona - Seite 23von William Shakespeare - 1788Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James R. Simmons, Jr - 2007 - 500 Seiten
...part, been revealed to us. But let us not fly in the face of benignant nature, and say like Caliban, "You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse."1 "If used aright the recannot [sic] be a doubt that this magnificent power might, in all its... | |
 | Robert Fisk - 2008 - 544 Seiten
...Prospero's daughter, the colonial slave who turns against the fruits of civilisation that were offered him. You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know...how to curse. The red plague rid you For learning me your language! Yet Caliban must 'obey' Prospero because 'his art is of such power'. Prospero may... | |
 | Elrena Evans, Caroline Grant - 2008 - 290 Seiten
...like everyone else. All this calls to mind the accusation Caliban hurls at Prospero in The Tempest: "You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is I know how to curse." We did try to teach him not only language, but also — broken down into component parts, reinforced... | |
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