Question

In Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, the character Prospero has taught
Caliban, an island native and now Prospero's servant, how to speak. In this
excerpt, Prospero argues with Caliban.
PROSPERO
I pitied thee,
Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour
One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage,
Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like
A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes
With words that made them known.
What can be inferred about Caliban based on Prospero's choice of the word
gabble?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is B.

Explanation:

In this excerpt precisely, Prospero believes that Caliban speaks in an uneducated way, and the word "gabble" is a word choice that confirms that.

Gabble means to talk rapidly and unintelligibly.

As is stated in this part, Prospero believes that he has invested his time to educate Caliban how to talk because he had gabbled previously.

Answer 2

Answer:

B is the answer.