For you, being brave means staying and committing and bringing your best. Perhaps you are in a job that is really difficult, but the difference you are making is worth the cost. Sometimes being brave simply means choosing to stay in a difficult situation. That sounds like some dark sarcasm to us.What does it mean to you to be brave? There has been much talk (in the UK certainly) over these last difficult pandemic months of bravery shown by health care workers who have put their own lives at risk (and some of them have lost their lives) to care for those acutely ill with Covid19.īut being brave does not necessarily mean doing something extraordinary or fearless. She thinks the world has amazing creatures, when in fact, they're pretty evil, treasonous, deceitful men. She's a fourteen year old who is literally discovering guys even exist for the first time. So when Shakespeare gives her this line, he's highlighting her rather naïve sexuality. In fact, between them, they have stolen a Dukedom, plotted to murder Prospero, and come up with a whole list of drunken schemes. Here's the thing: the guys she's looking at are not good guys. Turns out she's not so innocent after all.īut there's also a deeper meaning at work here that only really makes sense if you've read the play in its entirety. The gist here is that Miranda first lays eyes on men who aren't her father (or his slave), and immediately notices that they're super attractive. It meant handsome, finely dressed, noble, or bedazzled. See, back in Shakespeare's day, brave didn't mean courageous. We mean, she's practically drooling over how hot these sailor men are. Sure, she might be innocent, but this quote? It's anything but. If you want to get fancy about it, you could say that in the play, she represents the guileless innocence of youth. But that's part of what makes her such an endearing figure. Okay, we admit that Miranda is pretty naïve. Can she really make sweeping statements about all of mankind when she's only met a handful of men ever?
Miranda has no real life experience to speak of (hello, she's been on the isle since she was a baby), so her judgment is questionable at best. Touching, isn't it? And very much in the Big Willy vein. She's basically expressing the idea that human beings (and life in general) are pretty marvelous, despite the fact that we are all flawed creatures.
When you read these lines, think of Miranda as the mouthpiece for Shakespeare.
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