Do you think in the tempest how Shakespeare represents female characters in the play?
i was going to write it down but I found a Wkipedia excerpt that explains it much better than me : Feminist The Tempest has only one visible female character in Miranda. Other women, such as Caliban’s mother Sycorax, Miranda’s mother, and Alonso’s daughter Claribel, are only mentioned. Because of the small role women play in the story in comparison to other Shakespeare plays, The Tempest has not attracted much feminist criticism. Miranda is typically viewed as being completely deprived of freedom by her father. Her only duty in his eyes is to remain chaste. Ann Thompson argues that Miranda, in a manner typical of women in a colonial atmosphere, has completely internalized the patriarchal order of things, thinking of herself as a subordinate to her father.[30] The less-prominent women of the play are subordinated as well, as they are only described through the men of the play. Most of what is said about Sycorax, for example, is said by Prospero. Further, Stephen Orgel notes that Prosper
