“You taught me language, and my profit on ‘t is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you for…
In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (Act I, Scene 2), Caliban speaks these lines in the presence of Prospero and Miranda after being reminded that they taught him language,…
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“You taught me language, and my profit on ‘t
is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
for learning me your language!”
Who speaks these lines, and to whom?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer D
In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (Act I, Scene 2), Caliban speaks these lines in the presence of Prospero and Miranda after being reminded that they taught him language, and Prospero immediately commands him away, making “Caliban to Prospero” the correct pair. Brutus and Caesar appear in Julius Caesar, Iago and Othello in Othello, and Edmund and King Lear in King Lear.
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