One of the prisoners in
Felix’s acting troupe, eventually selected to play Stephano, one of Antonio’s unscrupulous servants. A Native Canadian, Red Coyote has been incarcerated for drug dealing. From the start of the class he sympathizes with Caliban, pointing out that the play’s “villain” is actually the rightful owner of the island, enslaved by Prospero. In his arguments, Red Coyote evokes the postcolonial interpretations of
The Tempest, which focus on Caliban’s role as an oppressed and marginalized voice.