The Tempest

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   jamie-wheeler Teacher
   College - Sophomore

   Yes. Caliban did try to rape Miranda and boasts of his deed. Prospero confronts him in 2.1.350-51. He says that while he was his guest, Caliban attempted the rape. He rails: "In mine own cell/till thou didst seek to violate/The honor of my child."

   Not abashed at all, Caliban replies that he wishes he had succeeded in the rape of Miranda: "O ho, O ho! Would'st had been done!/Thou didst prevent me; I had peopled else/This isle of Calibans." This last bit means that not only would he have done it once, but repeatedly, until the isle was full of his offspring. Quite a slap...

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   Posted by jamie-wheeler on Monday April 30, 2007 at 7:33 PM
   
   

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   babyrachere Student
   High School - 9th Grade

   from what I have heard yes he did

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   Posted by babyrachere on Sunday May 13, 2007 at 9:43 AM
   
   

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