Trinculo - Quotes
English Lit: AQA GCSE The Tempest, topic 11.1.11
Key Quotations - Trinculo
Here are three key quotations that highlight aspects of Trinculo's character:
'Thou liest, most ignorant monster'
- 'Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to / justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish thou, / was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much / sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, / being but half a fish and half a monster?'
- Trinculo viciously attacks Caliban - it makes us feel sorry for Caliban, that he is being mistreated by a comedic and laughable figure like Trinculo.
'A most perfidious and drunken monster'
- Trinculo: 'By this light, a most perfidious and drunken / monster! when 's god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle.'
- Caliban: 'I'll kiss thy foot; I'll swear myself thy subject.'
- Trinculo is a ridiculous and drunken figure, so it seems laughable that Caliban would 'kiss' his foot and swear his loyalty to him. This highlights Caliban's vulnerable state and the comedic role of Trinculo.
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