Caliban is a character in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. He lives on the island before Prospero arrives; Prospero then keeps him as a slave.

CalibanCaliban is a character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest是莎士比亞《暴風雨》(The Tempest)裡的一個角色。He lives on the island before Prospero arrives他在普洛斯彼羅(Prospero)來之前就住在這座島上，Prospero then keeps him as a slave普洛斯彼羅後來把他當奴隸使喚。

The play paints him as rough and ugly in shape — “only half human” in the old stage picture — because his mother, Sycorax, is a witch and his father is said to be a devil. He is not a real man from history; he belongs to the play.

The play paints him as rough and ugly in shape這齣戲把他描繪得外型粗野醜陋——"only half human" in the old stage picture在老式的舞台形象裡是'只有一半是人'——because his mother, Sycorax, is a witch因為他母親西考拉克斯(Sycorax)是個女巫，and his father is said to be a devil而他父親據說是個惡魔。He is not a real man from history他不是歷史上真實的人物；he belongs to the play他只屬於這齣戲。

Later writers sometimes say “a Caliban” for someone they want to call brutish or untaught, though that use is literary and a bit unkind. Though actually, in the play he is more than a monster: he knew the island first, and he is angry at being ruled.

Later writers sometimes say "a Caliban"後來的作家有時會用'a Caliban'，for someone they want to call brutish or untaught稱呼他們想說是野蠻未受教化的人，though that use is literary and a bit unkind不過這種用法很文學，也有點不厚道。Though actually不過事實上，in the play he is more than a monster在戲裡他不只是個怪物：he knew the island first他比別人早認識這座島，and he is angry at being ruled他也對被統治感到憤怒。