Miranda: The Unifying Force in the Tempest

Miranda
Miranda is the sole female character in the play. She is virtuous, naive and yet has an important role as the unifying force
She falls in love with Ferdinand due to her own personality and the magical qualities of the island. She is valued for her beauty and innocence but is unaware of evil (e.g. Caliban’s rape attempt)
Miranda is unaware of the problems of the world yet she is about to rule in it…
Feminists argue Miranda’s portrayal is grim and shows exploitation
When Miranda discovers her love with Ferdinand, she is surely smitten and she stays true to Ferdinand despite the troubles they have and despite Prospero. This highlights her naivety and misunderstanding of the world and others around her
The story of her past has an immediate emotional effect on her  doesn’t really transform her
She discovers a brand new world  humorous and ironic  “goodly and beauteous”  after the murder plots she still calls them good and beautiful
She also discovers love – through something unfortunate like being stuck on an island as well as the chaos of the tempest she was able to find a new world of love and happiness in Ferdinand and she was unexpectedly introduced to new people at the end of the play. The irony is that her discovery of all these new personalities leads her to believe in their “goodly and beauteous” nature. “o brave new world that has such people in’t!”.
Her discovery is prompted by others (Prospero) and a new experience (the tempest). There was some slight transformation especially in her love for Ferdinand, physically transformative as she ends up going back to Milan and emotional transformative as she learns to love another man other than her father - she discovers a mutual feeling of love with another man.
Her father and the tempest are the catalysts for her discoveries