blog writing #brathwaite's poem; letter sycorax

In the poem, Caliban uses his native dialect to address his mother. This language usage helped push the theme of oppressors and their slaves incepted by Brathwaite. Sycorax, Caliban's mother, was banished from her home in Algiers to the island where the play is set. Hence, Caliban was a native inhabitant and was constantly oppressed by those in authority like Prospero (Brathwaite, 1994). A backstory of the poem reveals that Prospero taught Caliban the Island's language so he could boss him around. However, in this letter to Sycorax, Caliban utilises his native language and shows his heritage to his roots.