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I have only a few notes on Caliban remaining from the ENG 312
class I took a couple of semesters ago. I might have remembered
more had the character had interested me as much as he has you..."caliban" -- gypsy word for "black" or "blackness"
also, Arabic for "vile dog"I believe the character has roots in comedia del arte as Pautinello,
but I may be wrong on that one...
There are plenty of good books on the character, one I remember
in particular is just called "Shakespeare's Caliban"...
Posted by LunarCaustic on March 22, 1997 at 02:14:33
In Reply to "Origins of Caliban" posted by Peg on March 22, 1997 at 00:31:12
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