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Quote 19 “Lord,” quoth he! That a monster should be such a natural! (III.ii.) Meaning- These words also come from Trinculo, who expresses surprise that a creature like Caliban should use a term of respect like “Lord.” In saying that Caliban is “a natural,” Trinculo makes a pun on the idea that monsters are unnatural, but he also implies that Caliban is an idiot—that is, “natural” rather than cultured. Perhaps more than Caliban’s appearance alone, the disjuncture between his speech and his appearance strikes Trinculo as monstrous. Importantly, Prospero and Miranda created this disjuncture by teaching him their language in the first place. In this sense, they authored Caliban’s monstrosity.