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Caliban: No noise, and enterDo that good mischief which may make this islandThine own forever, and 1, thy Caliban,For aye thy foot-licker. In the above lines taken from Act IV Scene i of the play, - English Literature

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प्रश्न

Caliban:

No noise, and enter
Do that good mischief which may make this island
Thine own forever, and 1, thy Caliban,
For aye thy foot-licker.

In the above lines taken from Act IV Scene i of the play, The Tempest, what does Caliban refer to by the phrase “good mischief“?

पर्याय

  • The act of chasing the strange sounds.

  • The act of killing Prospero.

  • The act of marrying Miranda.

  • The act of stealing the gaudy clothes.

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उत्तर

The act of killing Prospero.

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