ENGL 3020 : Final Study Guide
Document Summary
Before prospero arrived at the island he was enslaved by caliban"s mother. The theme of ars long, vite brevis is major in shakespeare"s sonnets. Shakespeare and he wanted to be remembered by his art. As long as man existed and it was readable, the memory of the creator world live on through the art. He is native to the island that prospero and miranda discover. Prospero and his daughter teach him to speak. He becomes an antagonist in the play when he plans to kill prospero. He symbolizes the colonized in a word being colonized by the most "civilized. " Colonized themes: land is taken, enslaved, thought language, he helped prospero to learn the island and was than enslaved. Found in "to his coy mistress" by marvell. Marvell is trying to convince his mistress to give him her virginity. He uses this to try and manipulate her. The element of eternizing is found in shakespeare"s sonnets.
