LIT4 - Tempest - Miranda and a bit of Ferdinand - quote bank

Question 1

Describe Miranda’s general presentation throughout the play:

Answer 1

-Miranda is presented as the epitome of goodness, and is a loving daughter of Prospero, contrasting most of the other characters in the play

-she shows qualities that emphasise her intense compassion for other characters, and even stands up in the face of her father to express her love for F.

-regardless of her strength and independence, she is clearly portrayed to be an object in a political marriage
-Prospero arguably wants M. to get married to F. so that he can form an alliance with the King of Naples, Alonso

Question 2

What places in the play are good for talking about Miranda?

Answer 2

A1S2 - reacts to P.’s storm, denigrates Caliban, and meets Ferdinand for the first time

A3S1 - F. carries logs, and declares his love for M.

A4S1 - Prospero warns Ferdinand but agrees to betrothal (engagement)

A5S1 - meets nobles and is astonished

A4S1 quotes and analysis is done in Prospero flashcards

Question 3

Give some quotes for Miranda from A1S2 before she meets Ferdinand:

Answer 3

-O, the cry did knock against my very heart. Poor souls, they perished.
-Had I been any god of power, I would have sunk the sea within the Earth

-Abhorred slave, which any print of goodness wilt not take, being capable of all ill!
-gabble like a thing most brutish

Question 4

What does Miranda say in A1S2 when she meets Ferdinand?

Answer 4

-I might call him a thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble
-Why speaks my father so ungently?…pity move my father to be inclined my way
-nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, good things will strive to dwell with’t

Question 5

Give some quotes for Miranda from A3S1:

Answer 5

-I would the lightning had burnt up those logs that you are enjoined to pile. Pray set it down, and rest you
-Miranda. O my father, I have broke your hest to say so
-my modesty, the jewel in my dower
-I would not wish any companion in the world but you; nor can imagination form a shape beside yourself

Question 6

Give some quotes for Miranda that were said by Ferdinand in A3S1:

Answer 6

-No, my precious creature, I’d rather crack my sinews, break my back, than you should such dishonour undergo
-I beyond all limit of what else i’th’world, do love, prize, honour you

Question 7

Give some quotes for Miranda from A5S1:

Answer 7

O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!…brave new world

Only one quote here - a good one to add on to the end of a paragraph to talk about her naive tendencies to assume goodness in others