 Let's look at the character of Ferdinand. Ferdinand is the son of Alonso, the king of Naples, which makes him of course the prince of Naples. At the beginning of the play he mistakenly believes he is the sole survivor of the shipwreck that occurs, and then he is lured by Ariel's music to the cell that Prospero and Miranda live in, and that's where he meets Miranda, falls instantly in love with her. Now Prospero decides to test his love for Miranda, he decides to make him work and toil really hard in order to prove his love for Miranda, which he does dutifully. He accepts his position of servitude as a way of proving the genuine nature of his love for Miranda, and by the end of the play it is hinted that when they do get back to Italy he will make Miranda his wife, and hence of course she will be the princess of Naples. Ferdinand is an interesting character in so far as, whilst on the one hand we can see that he is very loyal to Miranda, on the other hand even if he is a prince, he is willing to stoop in order to show his servitude towards Prospero, who is very protective of his daughter. Now, if you're writing about his character or even his relationship with Miranda, you do need to bear in mind a few key quotations, therefore offset from the play all the major quotes to bear in mind when it comes to discussing or writing about the character of Fernanda for your coursework or exams. So let's get started by looking at the first quotation that he says. Now, he states, the ditty does remember my drowned father, so this is when he mistakenly believes the result of Ariel's music that his father has drowned, and the word ditty relates to the spirit that he's talking about, Ariel's spirit, and he's saying when he's listened to Ariel's music, he realizes that the music is basically a remembrance of his drowned father. Now here, the word level as you want to do is the alliteration of D in ditty does and drowned, and this highlights how at the beginning and initially, Ferdinand believes that he is the sole survivor of this shipwreck, hence he is completely alone on this unknown island. The second quotation to bear in mind for Ferdinand's character is when, of course, he falls in love with Miranda and he states, oh, if a virgin and your affections not gone forth, I'll make you the queen of Naples. Now here, he's basically saying, if you're a virgin and if your affections are still there, so if you still love me, when we go back to Italy, I'll definitely make you a queen because, you know, I'm going to be inheriting my father's title once he passes away and hence I will marry you and you will also become the future queen of Naples. Now here, what we can see is, of course, how quickly and instantly him and Miranda fall for each other and the word love analysis to show especially just how enamoured he's become by her is firstly the assonance of A in A and an affections and also bear in mind, and this is a structural point to make that this is a declarative sentence, okay? This is a sentence that states what he believes to be his feeling but also a fact. He's going to make her the queen of Naples, the princess of Naples initially and then queen of Naples when he becomes king. Now here, what you want to say with this quotation is he is very infatuated with Miranda. We can see that he is very committed and very dedicated and this commitment remains the same even when Prospero basically tests his loyalty and makes him work very hard in order to prove that he genuinely loves Miranda. Now, the next quotation is when he is still telling Miranda how perfect, how beautiful he believes she is. He states, but you, oh you, so perfect and so peerless are created of every creature's best. Now here, he's basically stating and celebrating the beauty of Miranda. He's basically saying, you're just so perfect. There's nothing that amounts to what I see before me, which is Miranda. Now, the word love analysis you want to do here is firstly the repetition of you and also the repetition of the intensifiers so, okay? So the word so is an intensifier. What this is showing is just how much he believes Miranda is just so perfect looking. She's amazing. He thinks she's very beautiful, which is showing just how infatuated he is with her. Also, mention the use of hyperbole here by Shakespeare is so perfect and so peerless. Basically, he's saying that there's nobody who's like Miranda. She's perfect. She's not like any other girl he's ever met in his life. And finally, you want to focus on the deterioration of sea in created and creature, okay? So of course, this shows that he literally thinks Miranda is the most amazing creature he has ever set his eyes on. The next rotation by Ferdinand is when he states, oh heaven, bear witness to this sound and crown what I profess with kind of an if I speak true. Now this is an exclamatory sentence. So that's a structural point you can make. Remember, an exclamatory sentence is a sentence that states an extreme feeling, either feeling of shock, passion, somebody shouting. However, here this exclamatory sentence is basically when Miranda asks Ferdinand, do you really love me? And he's saying heaven will heaven can show and even the earth, the heavens and the earths can show and they bear witness to just how much I can really love you. Okay. So he's professing his love. He's stating, you know, the heavens can see how much I love you as well as the earth. Okay. And this ties in also to the other word of analysis, which is celestial language, heaven and earth. Remember, celestial language is any language that refers to things like heavens, earths, moon, stars. Okay. Of course, what this is showing is Ferdinand believes that they're almost fated to be together. Also, the other word of analysis you want to do here is he wants the heaven and earth to bear witness. Witness is personification. So he personifies them. And finally, you want to look at the repetition of the pronoun I. Now the final quotation relating to Ferdinand's character is when he states, I, and this is still in the same utterance, I ellipses, do love prize honor you. Now here Miranda had been expressing doubt because Prospero basically was making Ferdinand's life a little bit challenging because he had to prove his love for Miranda. He had to labor and take up a position of servitude. However, he is being very reassuring and telling Miranda that his feelings still have not changed for her. He loves prizes and honors her. Now here, the word of analysis you want to do is the rule of three. So the listing of love prize honor to show that his love is really, really genuine. And it does stay consistent even by the end of the play. So that's it when it comes to key quotations relating to the character of Ferdinand.