Thou liest, malignant thing!
– William Shakespeare
The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2. The bad-tempered and domineering Prospero doesn’t receive Ariel’s demand for release from his service very well. He shows his bullying side to his servant. He calls him malignant and reminds him of how he saved him from the witch Sycorax – "Hast thou forgot The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy Was grown into a hoop?"