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Year 8 unit: The Tempest

Lesson 21: Caliban’s Dream

In this lesson, students will be mastering the following:

Mastery Content:

• Caliban has a sensitive side

• Caliban loves the island

• Caliban can be seen as a victim

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Do now: dual nature

Students revisit the phrase ‘dual nature’ as it applied to Sherlock Holmes.

Recap the definition.

How do you want students to

record this? In books, on MWB?

Caliban’s dual nature

Introduce the plot to kill Prospero.

Caliban has a dual nature. First look at the murderous side – Caliban is

violent and savage.

Caliban’s dream

Recap the plot, as Caliban leads Stephano and Trinculo towards Prospero’s

cell to murder him. As they do so, Ariel appears and makes strange sounds

to scare Stephano and Trinculo. Caliban tries to calm them.

Read the passage. There are some comprehension questions following the

extract to allow you to check students’ understanding.

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How do you want to manage

reading of the script? Do you

want to be the director,

allocating roles? Or do you want

students to read in groups?

You might want to read the

summary to the class before

reading each page so that

students are familiar with what

they are about to encounter.

Consider how you will make the

most use of reading time in class.

Caliban’s dream – a closer look

This extract is a famous part of the play and begins to show the sensitive and

vulnerable side of Caliban. Students need to re-read the extract again using

the resource. This will require students to think more closely about words and

phrases and how they portray Caliban’s character.

Resource: Caliban’s dream

You may want to ask students to

take notes on this resource in

pairs instead of individually.

You may want to adjust the

resource to direct students’

attention to different words and

phrases.

Caliban’s dream

Students need to write independently about how the extract has changed

their views of Caliban.

Mastery assessment plenary

Students complete quiz.

If all correct, do extension by asking students to turn a wrong answer into a

right one. If incorrect, address misconception and explain correct

answer/get other student to explain correct answer.

How do you want to capture

understanding? Mini

whiteboards?

Physical ‘tickets’?

Hand signals?

Cold calling?

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Extension: What was Holmes’ ‘dual nature’?

Sherlock Holmes had a dual nature.

What does it mean to

have a ‘dual nature’?

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If you have a ‘dual nature’, there are two

sides to your character.

There were two sides to Sherlock Holmes:

• the quiet, introspective, thoughtful side, and

• the manic, energetic, detecting side.

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Today, we will be returning to

Plot 3: the plot to kill Prospero

Stephano, a

drunken butler

Trinculo, a

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Caliban also has a dual nature. We are going to look

at Caliban’s dual nature today.

In pairs, come up with as many

answers for this question as you

can:

Why would an

audience dislike and

hate Caliban?

Caliban

Here are some reasons an audience might dislike

Caliban.

• He is disgusting

• He is rude

• He curses a lot

• He tried to assault Miranda

• He does not feel any regret for

wanting to assault Miranda

• He wants to kill Prospero in a

violent and terrible way

• He is easily impressed by

stupid people

• He is not intelligent

What other ideas did

you think of?

Caliban

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Today we are going to see another side of Caliban.

We are going to closely look at a passage that shows

how sensitive he can be.

• Ariel has made himself invisible. He is listening to

Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban.

• Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo have decided they

are going to go and kill Prospero.

• Ariel starts making strange music and sounds. He

wants to confuse and scare Stephano and Trinculo.

Trinculo Stephano Caliban Ariel

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A soliloquy is a speech where a

character speaks to himself or

herself or to the people watching.

A monologue is a long speech by

one person but other characters

are on stage. Trinculo Stephano Caliban

Today we’ll be annotating a clean copy of Caliban’s

monologue. We will read and re-read it a number of

times to unlock its meaning.

We will practise reading like experts.

Caliban tells Stephano and Trinculo to not be scared.

Let’s read.

Read from Act 3, Scene 2, Line 127 (‘Be not afeard’)

Read to Line 135 (‘I cried to dream again.’)p. 93

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments

Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices

That if I then had waked after long sleep,

Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,

The clouds methought would open and show riches

Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked

I cried to dream again.

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mFirst, we will read the monologue in its entirety. Think:

What are your first impressions of the monologue?

Let’s hear some of your ideas.










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mWe are going to look at the first two lines of the

monologue now.

1. What is the island ‘full of’?

2. Underline all of the ‘s’ sounds in these two lines.

How does this make Caliban’s song calming for

Stephano and Trinculo?










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mWe are going to look at the first two lines of the

monologue now.

1. The island is ‘full of noises’.

2. The use of sibilance (repeated ‘s’ sounds) makes Caliban’s song calming for Stephano and Trinculo

because they are soothing sounds.










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mWe are going to look at the first four lines of the

monologue now.

1. List two noises that Caliban hears on the island.

2. Caliban says he hears ‘twangling instruments’. How

does this show that Caliban appreciates beauty? How

does this contrast with Prospero’s opinion of Caliban?










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mWe are going to look at the first four lines of the

monologue now.

1. Caliban hears ‘a thousand twangling instruments’ and

‘voices’.

2. The fact that Caliban can hear the ‘twangling instruments’

demonstrates his appreciation for beauty. This further

counters the perception of the native which Prospero has

presented.










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mWe are going to look at the next two lines of the

monologue now.

1. Caliban repeats the word ‘sleep’ and talks of

‘dreaming’. Is this extract like a lullaby? How? What

does this tell you about Caliban’s character?

2. How does this compare to Prospero’s description of

Caliban as a ‘devil’?










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mWe are going to look at the next two lines of the

monologue now.

1. This extract sounds like a lullaby: Caliban is trying to comfort

Trinculo and Stephano. This shows Caliban’s kind and

sensitive nature.

2. Though Prospero describes Caliban as a ‘devil’, it is very difficult to see that here. In this monologue, Caliban is gentle

and caring. We see Caliban’s sensitive side.










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mWe are going to look at the final three lines of the

monologue.

1. The sounds of the island cause Caliban to dream. How would

you describe his dreams?

2. When Caliban wakes up, he ‘cries’ because he wants to be

asleep again. What does this tell you about Caliban’s life?

3. Does this change how you feel towards Caliban?










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mWe are going to look at the final three lines of the

monologue.

1. Caliban has pleasant, wonderful dreams where ‘riches’ rain down on

him. The island inspires Caliban and brings out the best in him.

2. Caliban’s waking life is miserable. His dreams are so beautiful that

he cries as soon as he waked up, because for Caliban, being asleep

is much better than being awake.

3. What do you think?

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mLet’s re-read the monologue in its entirety.

Many people believe that Caliban has a dual nature.

Discuss these questions in pairs.

Think of examples from the play to support your ideas.

1. Do you think Caliban has a dual nature?

2. What are the two sides to Caliban?

3. Which side of Caliban do you think is the

truest version of him?

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Now write down your own answer to this question:

How has this monologue changed

your opinion of Caliban?

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ryWhat does this quotation suggest to a

reader about Caliban?

a) Caliban is scared of Prospero.

b) The island is full of terrible sounds.

c) Caliban thinks that the sounds on the island are

peaceful and pleasant.

d) Caliban prefers sleeping to being awake.

e) Caliban feels very connected to the island.



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reader about Caliban?

a) Caliban is scared of Prospero.

b) The island is full of terrible sounds.

c) Caliban thinks that the sounds on the island are

peaceful and pleasant.

d) Caliban prefers sleeping to being awake.

e) Caliban feels very connected to the island.



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