Name: Tarita Maharaj

Class: 2M

Does an intense and perfect love grow quickly between Miranda and Ferdinand? This is
evident in “The Tempest” because they both fall in love at first sight. They met on the island,
where Miranda lived with Prospero. An intense and perfect love does grow between Miranda
and Ferdinand.
To begin, Miranda’s love was displayed when she cried for him and offered to carry the
logs. This strategy was effective in highlighting her love because she was practically begging
for him to not continue work and offered to do his task and since she was younger and
weaker than him it would be extremely difficult for her to do, she also told him to rest.
Similarly, Ferdinand proved he was worthy of Miranda’s love by continuing his labours. This
strategy was effective because his labours were filled with excruciating pain and were all
very lowly tasks for a prince to be completing, he would continue working in pain just to
have her by him and be in his presence. Both strategies were effective in proving their love
for each other.
Secondly, Prospero initially mistrusted Ferdinand but later on approved of Ferdinand’s
marriage with his daughter. Prospero initially mistrusted Ferdinand because he wanted to
make sure that Ferdinand was worthy of Miranda’s love and hand in marriage. He later on
approved of their love between each other is because Ferdinand was royalty and he treated
Miranda well and saw her as a person with value.
Thirdly, the dramatic technique used to highlight the love between Miranda and
Ferdinand is symbolism. “My heart fly to your service, there resides. To make me slave to it,
and for your sake. Am I this patient log-man.,” ‘heart’ symbolises his love for her. “My heart
rushed to serve you, and it remains there as your servant. So, for your sake, I patiently carry
these logs,” the verbs ‘to rush’ means to move with an urgent haste and the verb ‘to serve’
means to perform duties or services for another person. Metaphorically speaking, yes
someone’s heart can rush to serve someone but in reality, no. “My heart rushed to serve you,
and it remains there as your servant,” revealed that he is ready to do anything she asks, with
zero hesitation and is willing to obey her every word. Ferdinand is a prince by birth, but he
wants to be near Miranda and loves her in spite of their circumstances. In act three scene one,
the logs symbolise that Ferdinand would do labour just to be in Miranda’s presence. The
personification reveals that Ferdinand fell in love with Miranda at first sight and is very
affectionate and passionate towards her. Furthermore, one dramatic technique used is
symbolism.
Overall, an intense and perfect love rapidly grew between Miranda and Ferdinand. At
the end of “The Tempest” act three scene one, we are aware that Duchess Miranda of Milan
and Prince Ferdinand of Naples are deeply in love with each other. Prospero, the rightful
Duke of Milan, Miranda’s father is aware and is filled with joy. In the end, he decided to
forgive his enemies and Miranda and Ferdinand planned on getting married. A lesson that can
be learnt from this is forgiveness.