Caliban - his representation in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and three film versions

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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Potsdam (Anglistics), course: Hauptseminar für Literaturwissenschaft: 'The Tempest - Shakespeare's play and its film versions', language: English, abstract: This paper on Shakespeares Caliban from The Tempest aims at examining whether, and if in how far, the description and depiction of this character in the printed version and the filmadaptations by John Gorrie, Derek Jarman and Jack Bender differ from each other. After a short summary of the play The Tempest, general information about the play will be given. In the main part, the description and depiction of the character Caliban, his outwardappearance and his character as well as his relation to other characters from the original play, will be of interest. But the focus will lie on Calibans representation in different film versionsof The Tempest, especially on John Gorries adaptation of 1980, Derek Jarmans of 1979 and Jack Benders adaptation of 1999.Towards the end, the comparison between Caliban in the printed version and Caliban in the film versions examined will be of importance.

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