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In the ninth scene the honest sailor reveals his true feelings and they have no 

 stain of malice. 



" The best nevsrs is that we have safely found 

 Our king and company ; the next, our ship, — 

 Which but three glasses since we gave out split, — 

 Is tight and yare and bravely rigg'd as when 

 We first put out to sea." 

 His account of his Uberation is marked by the same hearty interest in his experiences, 

 childHke unconsciousness of himself, and simple manly good-will. 



The boatswain is briefly portrayed, but the details are rich in significance. (The 

 subtle truth, with which the primary human instinct, refined by the labor and dis- 

 ciphne of a wholesome sea-faring Ufe, is made the dominant note of this character, 

 requires study for its appreciation.) The boatswain illustrates a class of plain, 

 honest people who find their own good in humbly serving the society to which they 

 belong, but value themselves as men in spite of their subordinate place. It is a 

 long cry from the Boatswain to Prospero, but eqally from Caliban to the Boatswain . 



