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Quote 7 If thou neglect’st or dost unwillingly What I command, I’ll rack thee with old cramps, Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar That beasts shall tremble at thy din. (I.ii) Meaning- Prospero directs these harsh words toward Caliban, who has just resisted his command to fetch sticks for a fire. Prospero once again demonstrates his willingness to use (and perhaps indicates his history of using) magic for cruel purposes. These words also recall something Prospero said earlier in the scene, when he reminded Ariel of the torment he suffered under Sycorax’s rule: “Thy groans / Did make wolves howl and penetrate the breasts / Of ever angry bears” (I.ii.). Prospero’s implication that he would make Caliban suffer just as Sycorax made Ariel suffer suggests that little separates Prospero from that “foul witch” (I.ii.).