displays noble intentions, assuring Prospero that he will not untie Miranda's "virgin knot" until they are formally married. Much to his delight, Ferdinand is eventually reunited with his father and friends. They all return to Naples and Prospero regains his Dukedom. As Samuel Johnson observed, the play thus ends in "the final happiness of the pair for whom our passions and reason are equally interested." Ferdinand's line "(to MIRANDA) Oh, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you The queen of Naples." When Ferdinand meets Miranda, he falls in love at first sight and confesses his love. "To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid." Ferdinand is subordinated by Prospero's order, but he gives up his freedom and just wants to see Miranda. "O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true! If hollowly, invert What best is boded me to mischief! I Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world Do love, prize, honor you." Ferdinand declares how deeply he loves her when Miranda asks him "Do you love me?" "(seeing ALONSO and kneeling)Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. I have cursed them without cause." Ferdinand meets his father, Alonso who has been thought to be dead, and thanks for the miracle. As Ferdinand introduces Miranda to his father, Alonso is very proud of his son for finding such a beautiful love. Role in the play In Act 1 Scene 2, Prospero said, "(aside) It goes on, I see, as my soul prompts it ." This scene shows that Ferdinand and Miranda were used to serving as a union of Milan and Naples by Prospero's political aims for resolving his exile. Ferdinand may represent the hope of the younger generation who will not repeat the mistakes made by Prospero and Alonso. In Act 5 Scene 1, as they saw Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess together, Alonso told their reconciliation and unification through the marriage. In (Act 1 Scene 2), when Ferdinand first came out, he mourned over his father's death on the shore. Then, Ariel sang for him, and he thought that the song was for his dead father. Cinematic portrayals Ed Genung played Ferdinand in one of the oldest known screen adaptations of the story, The