Miranda is one of the principal characters of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She is the only female character to appear on stage. Miranda is the daughter of Prospero, another of the main characters of The Tempest. She was banished to the Island along with her father at the age of three, and in the subsequent twelve years has lived with her father and their slave, Caliban, as her only company. She is openly compassionate and unaware of the evils of the world that surrounds her, learning of her father’s fate only as the play begins.
| Alias Miranda |
| Real Names/Alt Names Miranda |
| Characteristics Literary Characters, Scientific Revolution, Italian |
| Creators/Key Contributors William Shakespeare |
| First Appearance Shakespeare’s The Tempest first performed 1 November 1611 (Whitehall, before King James I) |
| First Publisher Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard |
| Appearance List Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies – Published according to the True Originall Copies, i.e. First Folio (1623) |
| Sample Read The Tempest [PG] |
| Description Miranda is one of the principal characters of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She is the only female character to appear on stage. Miranda is the daughter of Prospero, another of the main characters of The Tempest. She was banished to the Island along with her father at the age of three, and in the subsequent twelve years has lived with her father and their slave, Caliban, as her only company. She is openly compassionate and unaware of the evils of the world that surrounds her, learning of her father’s fate only as the play begins. |
| Source Miranda (The Tempest) – Wikipedia |
