Question

Stephano and trinculo most likely refer to caliban as a monster because he

Answer 1

They likely refer to Caliban as a monster due to the fact that in the play he was known as a half-man half-monster.In some traditions he is depicted as a wild man, or a deformed man, or a beast man, or sometimes a mix of fish and man, a dwarf or even a tortoise. Showing he is not man, but monster despite his acts.

Answer 2

They refer to caliban as monster because he was a deformed man, half-man and half-monster.

Step-by-step explanation:

Caliban in the play was deformed a man, half-human and half-animal which made Stephano and Trinculo to call him a monster.