“Flat on his belly in the pit's much mire,
With elbows wide, fists clenched to prop his chin.
And, while he kicks both feet in the cool slush,
And feels about his spine small eft-things course,
Run in and out each arm, and make him laugh”
Because these lines demonstrate him as a kid, laying on his stomach along the wet slush, with his hands holding his head up. I believe adapting Caliban this way makes him into an entirely new character than the previous Caliban's the reader could have encountered with Shakespeare or other authors. Instead of having him displayed as a monster and then shown to have sweet sides, he is firstly displayed with innocents to set up his character even better. This allows for the reader to form a sympathetic or loving relationship with him before hearing of his dark sides.
In addition, I created the drawing to be mostly dark in order to exemplify the non innocent or non childish thoughts that roam Caliban's mind. In the rest of the poem Caliban ponders things such as religion, enslavement, his somewhat twisted mother, and so many other quite deep aspects of the world. Because of this, despite making Caliban into a boy, I made it clear that his world is not happiness and rainbows, but a little dark, and a little jagged like the tree branches around him. I don’t think Caliban lost anything as a character from this description. The only thing would be his monster like appearance. However, what is to say the darkness around him wont envelope him into becoming a monster?