•“Why, Caliban is mute; he cannot converse as a man. His greatest thoughts will be hidden forever from us. He will never command respect for his oration. Indeed, how can we know he is a man except through his actions and his form? In these things he is cursed.” •“Caliban can take any secret and not even torture will force it from him. That is his first blessing. The second is this, by foolish words, he cannot betray his lack of wisdom. And, in this, we must assume, he is wise.