A Survery Of *The Tempest* (Part 2)
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Act II, Scene ii
On yet another part of the island a storm is brewing. Caliban is milling
about, gathering firewood, grumbling all the while about the spirits Prospero
sends to torture him when he is negligent in his duties.
Trinculo, Alonzo's court jester, wanders upon the scene. He, like the other
passengers of the ill-fated ship, has survived and managed to reach the island.
Caliban mistakes Trinculo for a tormenting spirit sent by Prospero, and he
falls face down on the ground to avoid being noticed.
Encountering the prostrate Caliban, Trinculo is at once intrigued by his
unusual appearance and odor. He imagines how wealthy he would become if he
were able to get such a creature to England,...