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Ferdinand, son of King Alonso, has been separated from his father and the other royals in the shipwreck. He believes himself to be the only survivor, and found his way to Prospero’s cell, where he was immediately put to work. Prospero’s daughter Miranda is fascinated by Ferdinand, as she has never seen another man besides her father, and falls in love with the young prince. He reciprocates the feelings, and Prospero watches them, cautiously but with some approval for the potential relationship.
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Enter FERDINAND, bearing a log
FERDINAND There be some sports are painful, and their labour
Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone and most poor matters
Point to rich ends. This my mean task
Would be as heavy to me as odious, but
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead
And makes my labours pleasures: O,
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