Question

Read the following passage from Shakespeare's The Tempest, in which the

character Ferdinand flirts with Miranda:
FERDINAND
Admired Miranda!
Indeed the top of admiration! worth
What's dearest to the world! Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard and many a time
The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues
Have I liked several women; ...
Based on the passage, what idea is best conveyed by Ferdinand's choice of
the word diligent?

Answer 1

It conveys that he had been carefully looking for a woman.

Step-by-step explanation:

• This passage from William Shakespeare's "Tempest" narrates how Ferdinand lets Miranda know that he has never seen a woman like her.
• Ferdinand says that he has liked many women and had been consciously looking for someone who really has everything that he wants but he fails to find that one particular women.

• By 'diligent' in the line "Brought my too diligent ear", Ferdinand means to say that he had been looking for that someone consciously and carefully. And it seems like Miranda is that women who he has been looking for.