read the excerpt from  midsummer  by derek walcott.praise had bled my lines white of any more anger, and snow had inducted me into white fellowships,while calibans howled down the barred streets of an empire  on the allusion to calibans, readers can infer that the speaker believes most british people are prone to violence. feels that the rioters are different than this shakespearean character. believes that the current anger in brixton is justified. feels that the rioters are similar to this shakespearean character.