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Caliban is a fictional character in WIlliam Shakespeare's "The Tempest." He is the son of the sorceress Sycorax, and lives alone on his island until Prospero and Miranda are case onto it. He is referenced as another mystical creature, along with Puck, in William Henry Seward's August 22, 1859 letter, which suggests the two are the poetical equivalent of Praxiteles' sculpture, "The Faun."

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 22, 1859

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Caliban is a fictional character in WIlliam Shakespeare's "The Tempest." He is the son of the sorceress Sycorax, and lives alone on his island until Prospero and Miranda are case onto it. He is referenced as another mystical creature, along with Puck, in William Henry Seward's August 22, 1859 letter, which suggests the two are the poetical equivalent of Praxiteles' sculpture, "The Faun."
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