Miranda's Intentional Feelings in Shakespeare's The Tempest
Miranda's understanding of the others in Shakespeare's The Tempest,however fallible,is first of all an"intentional feeling,"always open and sensitive to the ontological values of the Other.The marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda not only puts an end to the violence and hatred among the older generation but also offers a vital perspective of political and spiritual unions between the self and the other.Most importantly,as a revolutionary"event,"the young couple's declaration of"I love you"is to construct a"truth"of the Two.For the past few decades,the interpretations of The Tempest have been bogged down in identity politics of the Anglo-American world,but a reorientation towards the"inter-subjectivity"and"trans-subjectivity"in the play might be a way out of this quandary.