The Tempest is not like those plays. Trinculo’s part is really a bit part, not all that significant but yet useful. Trinculo, a jester, and Stephano, a drunken butler, are two minor members of the shipwrecked party. Trinculo is Alonso’s jester. Trinculo Trinculo is Alonso’s jester. He is a coward and is delighted to have Caliban subservient to him. / Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO / STEPHANO / Tell not me; when the butt is out, we will drink / water; not a drop before: therefore Stephano and Trinculo join Caliban in following the music that Ariel plays to lead them out of their way. In Act I, scene ii, Prospero calls Caliban a “slave” (II.ii. At this point, their role is to present comically some of the more serious issues in the play concerning Prospero and Caliban. He has a taste for finery as well as for liquor, and plans to help Stefano become king of the island. They act as comic foils to the main action, and will in later acts become specific parodies of Antonio and Sebastian. Ariel, invisible, imitates Trinculo’s voice and accuses Caliban of lying, causing further trouble among the three. He is Alonso’s servant, a jester, therefore, by nature not very serious. They provide a comic foil to the other, more powerful pairs of Prospero and Alonso and Antonio and Sebastian. He is a coward and is delighted to have Caliban subservient to him. It is not funny throughout but whatever humour there is is provided by the antics of Stephano and Trinculo. SCENE II. Because of this double nature to their characters, they are more important than they initially appear. His spirits hear me And yet I needs must curse. Another part of the island. Another part of the island. Trinculo and Caliban quarrel, and Stephano takes Caliban’s part. SCENE II. Shakespeare included Trinculo in The Tempest to act as a sidekick to Stephano and to help advance Caliban’s plot to kill Prospero. Login. Enter CALIBAN with a burden of wood. Trinculo and Stephano have two major roles in The Tempest - comic relief and the theme of exploration. Caliban calls Prospero a tyrant and urges Stephano to kill Prospero and take Miranda as his consort. The Tempest Characters & Descriptions . Trinculo in The Tempest by William Shakespeare In William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Trinculo is a minor comic character whose main ambition is to align himself with whomever is the perceived leader in any situation he finds himself in. The Tempest Shakespeare homepage | The Tempest | Act 2, Scene 2 Previous scene | Next scene. Trinculo and Stephano are the last new characters to be introduced in the play. Follow us on Twitter; Like us on Facebook; Keep me logged in. It can be seen as many things, including a fantasy, a supernatural drama, a revenge play, a political play, and more. He is a coward and is delighted to have Caliban subservient to him. He is drunk much of the time and will easily go along with what Stephano says. Overview Synopsis Characters Scenes Full Play Reviews Documents. A noise of thunder heard CALIBAN All the infections that the sun sucks up From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall and make him By inch-meal a disease! Trinculo & Stephano. He has a taste for finery as well as for liquor, and plans to help Stefano become king of the island.