critical commentary on of Act 1, Scene 2 of The Tempest

« Critical Commentary At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2 of The Tempest, we have two characters: Prospero and his daughter Miranda.

We understand that the scene is during the same time as Act 1, during the storm.

Miranda and Prospero watch the storm far away.

There are spectators of the Tempest, and Miranda is sad for the poor people on the ship who are in the middle of the storm.

We will see that the relationship between Prospero and Miranda is an important value in the scene for understanding their characters more. At first, we have a long monologue of Miranda, and we understand that she is feeling distressed by what is happening.

She watches as she can do nothing to help those people who are on the ship and feel weak “Poor souls, they perished. Had I been any god of power…”.

In this phrase, we can see that Miranda is a girl with compassion who cares for others, she wants to do something and tell her father how difficult it is for her.

Is the beginning, she begged her father to do something, she acknowledged the doing of her father, as she knew he was responsible for the storm. Prospero starts with a comment on the behaviours of his daughter, “Your piteous heart”, and later “I have done nothing but in care of thee”, we can see that Prospero at first has a rather harsh relationship with his daughter and hides things from her.

We can see that she knew nothing about the plan of Prospero and that all lives would be safe from the storm. But at.... »