1'By immortal providence, she's mine'
5:1; Ferdinand references the Goddess' masque scene in his claim of ownership of Miranda
2'I had rather crack my sinews ... Than you should such dishonour undergo'
3:1; Ferdinand applies to Miranda civilised characteristics which she will from then on have to uphold as his wife
3'This is no mortal business, nor no sound That the earth owes.'
1:2; Ferdinand immediately recognises the illusory nature of the isle, unlike other characters
4'My prime request Which I do last pronounce is — O you wonder —If you be maid, or no?
1:2; Ferdinand's first ever question to Miranda, including that of asking for her name, is her virginal status
5'My language? Heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech'
1:2; some humour is given to the play through Ferdinand's attempts at wooing Miranda with his prowess
6'So perfect and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.'
3:1; Ferdinand's passion is shown through plosive words, and he describes Miranda as perfection personified
7'O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound ... [I] Do love, prize, honour you.'
3:1; Ferdinand's response to Miranda's query of his love for her, foreshadowing the masque scene later in the play
8'Let me live here ever; So rare a wondered father, and a wife, Makes this place paradise.'
4:1; Ferdinand demonstrates a lack of material desire with these words