...American in English dramatic literature: Miranda: Abhorred slave, Which any print of goodness wilt not take, Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee,...meaning, but wouldst gabble like A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes With words that made them known. But thy vile race, Though thou didst learn, had...

...enslaved and Prospero seeks to exercise greater control over him by teaching him English. Prospero: I pitied thee Took pains to make thee speak, taught...most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes With words that make them known. Caliban: You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse. The red...

...thus to the possibility of communicating his purpose. Abhorred slave, Which any print of goodness wilt not take, Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee,...endow'd thy purposes With words that made them known. ( The Tempest, Act I, Scene ii) He has learned his master and mistress's language, though the purpose...