...not that intended by them. As he says, if he has become fluent, it is all the better to curse them. You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know...red plague rid you For learning me your language! (The Tempest, Act I, Scene ii) Learning the language has allowed him to articulate his awareness of...

...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...red plague rid you For learning me your language! Yet Caliban must 'obey' Prospero because 'his art is of such power'. Prospero may not have F-18s or...