Caliban and Antonio had to be forced into submission. Anarchy has to be kept at bay. Though there was clear growth for Ferdinand, Miranda, Alonso, Ariel, Gonzalo and Prospero, there was only grudging repentance from Trinculo, Stephano, Sebastian and Caliban. There was silence from Antonio. For you most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth, I do forgive .
Trouble can still reappear.
Prospero, if not careful, might have to take another trip to the island. These things to which we aspire may not always completely succeed anymore than we can return to a golden age or a utopia. Every gain is a loss. Logic, reason and conscious good may triumph, but we may lose a little of Caliban s natural creative nobility. An Acausal Connecting Principle Princeton University Press, 1973.