Ferdinand vs. Caliban <Tab/>Shakespeare's The Tempest includes a variety of character personality such as the drunk, determined, evil-minded, love-stricken, and intentionally good. Though at first it may not seem so apparent, most of the characters' attributes parallel each other in some aspect. Hidden in the story, though present, some of Prospero's qualities compare to Caliban's. More obviously though, were the traits of the two that contrasted. Although there are a …
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…with different motives for each of them. Ferdinand and Caliban are two very different beings, physically and mentally. But one can spot out the comparisons that are mixed in with the dissimilarities. Great writer's do everything for a reason and Shakespeare, "one of the greatest writers of all time", definitely included the subtle similarities among the evident disparities to make the reader capture the sense that two opposite creatures can, in fact, have some resemblances.