Question

This character addresses the audience at the end of “The Sea and the Mirror” by W.H. Auden. This character uses the Swahili word for freedom, “uhuru,” before deciding to go by X in a play by Aimé Césaire (“ay-MAY say-ZAIR”). This character’s “rage” of “seeing his own face in a glass” is compared to “the nineteenth century dislike of realism” in the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray. This character’s mother, who worships Setebos, is the witch Sycorax who trapped Ariel in a tree. This character gets drunk with Stephano and Trinculo and plots to rape Miranda and assassinate her father. (10[1])For 10 points, name this slave (10[1])of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. (10[2])■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Caliban
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adam Hermann (DII)Claremont BUCLA A9910
Vivian Fan (DII)Claremont AUSC10510
Ethan Talbert (UG)UCSDClaremont C11110
Aarav Kakad (DII)UCLA EUCLA D11110
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCLA B1120
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BUCLA C1120

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY743%0%43%99.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY650%0%33%81.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1385%0%15%81.27
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY850%0%13%96.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%0%106.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY786%0%14%85.67