... The Tempest, when Ferdinand first meets Miranda, despite being immediately taken by her beauty, his primary concern is her chastity: "If you be maid or no." Sheri Metzger, in Cliffnotes on the The Tempest, states that the reason behind his unease is that "a man of property, especially a king or his son, must be assured that his offspring are truly ... ...

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