It is difficult to determine with certainty whether Ferdinand and Miranda will be weak leaders, but they will likely be kind and just rulers. Prospero partially controls Miranda, a teenage girl and his own daughter, by using magic. He also uses sorcery to manipulate Ferdinand. It is unlikely that Ferdinand and Miranda will have to worry about their fathers controlling them when they come into power. They will have gained in wisdom, their parents may...
It is difficult to determine with certainty whether Ferdinand and Miranda will be weak leaders, but they will likely be kind and just rulers. Prospero partially controls Miranda, a teenage girl and his own daughter, by using magic. He also uses sorcery to manipulate Ferdinand. It is unlikely that Ferdinand and Miranda will have to worry about their fathers controlling them when they come into power. They will have gained in wisdom, their parents may very well be gone, and Prospero will have already given up his wizardry.
Miranda and Ferdinand seem to be tender-hearted youths. She cries when she sees the tempest, begging her father to stop: “I have suffered / With those that I saw suffer.” She not only offers compassion to almost anyone, she speaks up about how she feels, even when her father rebukes her. Ferdinand also shows courage by attempting to fight Prospero, who is able to stop him with magic. Also, Ferdinand is so taken with Miranda, he agrees to Prospero’s tests of menial labor because “she is / Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed, / And he's composed of harshness.”
From what we know, Ferdinand and Miranda are good people, curious, kindly, and brave. They are manipulated only in extreme circumstances and in their youth, and it is very possible that their resolution and strength will grow with age.
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