Miranda

1:2; Miranda's analysis precedes Prospero's similar analysis of 'nature v. nurture' regarding Caliban, showing her intelligence as taught by him

1:2; Miranda recounts her attempts to instil gratitude and servitude into Caliban

5:1; Miranda's awe at seeing the courtiers after Prospero's revelation of herself and Ferdinand; the curtain is drawn back from her just as it is from them.

1:2; Miranda recounts her attempts to instil gratitude and servitude into Caliban

1:2; Miranda's reaction to Ferdinand, which is a foil to Caliban's reaction to Stephano, who sees him as something of divinity

3:1; Miranda's subverts normal social roles of the 17th century by proposing to Ferdinand, as opposed to vice versa

3:1; Miranda's line to Ferdinand that shows her lack of 'normal' social practices; it also that acts as a foil to one of Ariel's to Prospero, but she gets an answer, whereas Ariel does not

3:1; Miranda's subversion of gender roles and assertion of authority over Ferdinand, which is highlighted by the imperative and monosyllabic sentence

Mike Brett - Miranda's extent of freedom

3:1; Ferdinand reminds himself of who his toil is for

David Sundelson - Miranda as a gift

3:1; Miranda acknowledges that her supposed value comes from her virginity and not elsewhere

1:2; Miranda expresses an empathy absent in Prospero, and her words of compassion here are echoed at the end of the play by Ariel

5:1; Miranda is playful in her and Ferdinand's game of chess; this interaction both acts as symbolic of her now becoming subject to Ferdinand as a husband, and it is also symbolic of Prospero's actions throughout the play