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Miranda
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- 1'O I have suffered with those i saw suffer, O a brave vessel who no doubt had some noble creatures of her.'Repetition of 'O' her exhaling, sigh pity sympathetic.
- 2'If thou a virgin and your affection not gone forth I'll make you the queen of naples.'Her maidenhood is vital, a woman whom had never engaged in sexual activity was every man's covet.'
- 3'But tis a spirit.'She is naive, being seperated from other humans she fails to realises Ferdinand's mortal nature and regards him as a thing divine.
- 4'My modesty my jewl my dower.'She has been instilled by her father to guard her modesty, peculiar as she's never been with a man before, shows how this idea was pivotal.
- 5'O father I have broken your hest to say so.' 'Pity move my father to be inclined my way.'Miranda is not as sinless as we'd expect, nor obedient she disregards her father's orders to not tell Ferdinand her name.
- 6'Admired Miranda.'Conveys her beauty and alluring nature.
- 7'If not I will die your maid'Compliant, dependency on men shows the deepness of her desire and love for him, hyperbolic vow exhibits her subjection and enslavement to him.
- 8'He himself calls her nonpareil.'Miranda's unrivalled nature.
- 9'Rare gift' 'Worthily purchased.' 'Outstrip all praise.'Semantic field of trade and finance some feminist critics see her as property, Martin Butler describes her as a 'coveted price.'
- 10'I'd believe it against an oracle.'Ferdinand states that he'd believe in her divinity over anything else.
- 11'union of your bed with weeds so loathly.'Prospero warns against any sexual intercourse prior to marriage.
- 12'Our worser genius can shall never melt mine honour into lust.'Ferdinand restrains himself against satan, argues that not even Satan can lure him into sexual intercourse.
- 13'The white cold virgin snow upon my heart.'His feelings for Miranda are moderated by her chastity.
- 14'Is this the goddess that had severed us.'Is this the goddess that had divided us.
- 15'Sweet lord you play me false, for a score of kingdoms you could wrangle me and I will call it fair play.'Metaphorical for her submission to him for the rest of her life, chess was an aristocratic game and it's focus on love because of it's strategic encounters using moves to gain upper hand in a way that could mirror the girls lovers play. The game could also be a reference to Prospero as a chess grand master manipulating all the players and an ironic comment on the lovers who think they are in control of the game.
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- Flashcards on Miranda , created by Sarah Ali on 20/03/2018.
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