Discuss the following passage, exploring Shakespeare's use of language and its dramatic effects.
[Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA] Miranda . If by your art, my dearest father, you have 85 Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, 90 Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd. Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere 95 It should the good ship so have swallow'd and The fraughting souls within her. Prospero . Be collected: No more amazement: tell your piteous heart There's no harm done. 100 Miranda . O, woe the day! Starting with this conversation, discuss how far Shakespeare presents Miranda as loving and compassionate. Shakespeare's presentation of Miranda ranges from the surface portrayal which shows her as a loving a
