Note 427-17 — Scene II.—Another part of the Island.
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Sot in this place means fool, not drunkard. Caliban thinks Prospero’s books are the source of his magic power over such spirits as Ariel and those he commands.
Reading edition
Sot in this place means fool, not drunkard. Caliban thinks Prospero’s books are the source of his magic power over such spirits as Ariel and those he commands.