The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass. The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.

~ Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde 19Th Century Caliban Nineteenth Century Realism Romantic Romanticism Shakespeare

It's wearying, like Caliban buttonholing you in hell and telling you the struggle he's having getting along with himself.

~ Derek Raymond

Derek Raymond Caliban Existential Horror Hell Struggle Weary

Prospero, you are the master of illusion.Lying is your trademark.And you have lied so much to me(Lied about the world, lied about me)That you have ended by imposing on meAn image of myself.Underdeveloped, you brand me, inferior,That s the way you have forced me to see myselfI detest that image! What’s more, it’s a lie!But now I know you, you old cancer,And I know myself as well.

~ Aimé Césaire

Aimé Césaire Caliban Play Postcolonial Shakespeare The Tempest