Who is calibans father
Critics consider it to be his best comic achievement, a play with a wealth of intelligence and good humour. They all fear for their lives and prepare to sink when they realise that the ship has been damaged.
Meanwhile, Miranda and Prospero observe the catastrophe. Miranda demands from her father to do whatever possible to help the endangered people on the ship. Prospero tells her that it was him who conjured up the storm and reveals the story of her past to her, a story she has never heard up to the end and which happened twelve years ago. But Prospero was at least able to flee with his daughter and with the books that are his source of his magic and power.
They finally reached the island in the Mediterranean Sea they are still living on with their two servants, Ariel, an airy spirit, and Caliban, a savage creature. And now Prospero has raised the tempest which sent his enemies to him in order to make things right with them again. When they arrive on the island, the shipwrecked are separated into three groups due to the tempest but encounter each other by chance in the course of the play. When Ferdinand meets Miranda, the two of them fall in love and soon get married.
Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban plan to kill Prospero, take his daughter and set Stephano up as king of the island. At the same time at another place, Antonio and Sebastian plan to kill Alonso and Gonzalo. Ariel, however, prevents both murders from being committed through his music and brings the men before Prospero who finally forgives Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian and releases Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano.
Prospero himself is restored to his dukedom. After that, the shipwrecked group and Prospero and his daughter decide to return to Italy. Prospero gives Ariel a final task — to make sure the sea is calm for their trip - and sets him free.
Only Caliban stays on the island. Caliban is not the most important character in the play but a very essential one though. One can state that already the structuring of the text and the way of dividing the amount of dialogue show the importance that is attributed to Caliban. His casual attire consists of jeans and waistcoat.
He typically doesn't wear shirts, hence showing off his toned upper body. In the beginning, Caliban is shown to be arrogant and untrustworthy as seen by his actions during the Unholy Regalia quest. He will do whatever it takes to claim the throne, even going as far as cheating. He has managed to acquire many allies in Hell , all who support his claim to the throne. Later on though, he does help Sabrina and her friends when Roz turns to stone. He even considers a political marriage with Sabrina so they could instead rule Hell together.
Caliban is a clay demon who has displayed various abilities, such as the power to cast spells as well as teleportation, which often appears as a body of fire. He is also very informed and skilled in witchcraft. Sycorax raised her son to worship this evil deity, now if we are to believe that Caliban is as innocent bystander in this play, or that he is truly misunderstood, it is hard to accept as true after finding out he praises a devil and that his mother was a witch. Perhaps his father is in fact Setebos?
We can only speculate, but I for one cannot trust a man who is devoted to an evil entity. I believe this to be true, for Caliban is no exception to this rule. Dead or alive? A fish, he smells like a fish — a very ancient fishlike smell, a kind of not-of-the-newest poor-john. A strange fish. I afeard of him? A very weak monster…… a most credulous monster!
Now to explain his guilt by showing his actions involving the other characters found in the The Tempest. The first character is Miranda. She is the only female he has ever met besides his mother. At one point in the play it is mentioned that he attempted to rape her. How can someone free of evil commit such an act?
Caliban is a monster in the worse sense. Yet he does not destroy them. Of note, the real life "magus" John Dee's books were stolen and burnt, not drowned, by a mob of Calibans in Shakespeare's day. They can be retrieved should the need arise. Prospero covers all his bets! The answer is vaguely given by Prospero in his comment referring to Caliban Acknowledge mine. Prospero tells the others that Caliban is his. How does this fit into the allegory of Prospero as God? The answer is that Caliban is an allegorical representation of the bad angel, the Tempter, Satan the latter seen as the accuser in the Hebrew Bible.
Similarly, Ariel represents the good angel. Prospero as God has created these angels to serve Him and to guide mortals. These angels are part of the Divine plan for man who is given through these heavenly creatures the dignity and challenge of being able to grapple with free will and moral choice.