What is Miranda (Shakespeare)?
[[File:Miranda - The Tempest JWW.jpg|thumb|350px|''Miranda and the Tempest'' (1916) by John William Waterhouse]] In [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest]]'', '''Miranda''' is the beautiful daughter of the old Duke [[Prospero]]. Miranda is a [[naive]] 15-year-old girl. She and her father were [[cast away]] by her uncle Antonio who wanted the [[throne]] and has been on a deserted island since she was three. Her father Prospero sends Ariel, his spirit servant, to fetch Ferdinand and arranges things so that the two will come to love one another. [[File:Prospero and miranda.jpg|thumb|Miranda with Prospero by William Maw Egley]] {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Characters in Shakespeare's plays| ]]