or savage Motivations and Desires Ariel is a spirit of air and a slave of Prospero He wants to get rid of slavery but he cannot because twelve years ago Prospero freed him from the magical force of Sycorax She turned Ariel into a tree with her magical force He is Longing for freedom He is primarily motivated by the promise of freedom from Prospero's service His actions are guided by a sense of duty and a hope for eventual liberation Caliban is harsh and rude in behavior He has a strong desire to regain control of the island Servitude and Freedom Ariel is a Faithful slave and Affectionate to Prospero He is depicted as intelligent obedient and eager to please Prospero He is a spirit who serves Prospero the protagonist and former Duke of Milan Despite being bound to serve Prospero Ariel maintains a sense of loyalty and devotion Ariel's captivity is not entirely oppressive as Prospero promises to grant him freedom once his tasks are complete Then Ariel serves Prospero willingly in gratitude and to achieve eventual freedom All hail great master grave sir hail I come To answer thy best pleasure be't to fly To swim to dive into the fire On the other hand Caliban is portrayed as a more rebellious and resentful character He is initially kind to Prospero but later tries to rebel against him A time comes when Caliban becomes hopeless in his captived life under Prospero So he expresses his bitterness about his servitude You taught me language and my profit on't Is I know how to curse Caliban's servitude represents the darker side of colonialism where the colonized feel oppressed and resentful Education and Intelligence Ariel is depicted as a brilliant supernatural spirit with magical abilities Prospero acknowledges Ariel's intelligence and uses it to achieve his goals Ariel's abilities allow him to manipulate the elements and influence events on the island Prospero praises Ariel's quick response and resourcefulness Hast thou spirit Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee Caliban is portrayed as more primitive and less educated Prospero accuses Caliban of ingratitude and lack of appreciation for the knowledge and language he provided Attitude Towards Prospero Ariel's attitude toward Prospero is loyalty and obedience He willingly follows Prospero's commands and seeks his approval Ariel's desire for freedom is coupled with a genuine sense of duty Caliban however resents Prospero and sees him as a tyrant He curses Prospero for enslaving him He claims ownership of the island before Prospero's arrival Though he is initially submissive to Prospero's authority he later rebels against him Finally he desires freedom from Prospero's control and seeks freedom and autonomy Caliban says This island's mine by Sycorax my mother Which thou tak'st from me Caliban's attitude highlights the tension between the colonizer and the colonized Relationship with Nature Ariel is closely connected to nature and its elements He can control the weather and manipulate the natural world Caliban in contrast is portrayed as a more brutish and earthbound creature He has a primal and instinctual connection to nature In termination Ariel and Caliban in The Tempest represent contrasting perspectives on servitude intelligence attitudes toward authority relationships with nature motivations and symbolic representations Their interactions with Prospero and their roles in the play portrayed themes of power control and the complexities of human nature They also represent the complexities of the relationship between the colonizer-colonized