leaves nothing to chance. His concern for his daughter's welfare goes beyond that of a loving father to that of a rather stern schoolmaster, who observes and supervises every step his pupil takes (Charney 354).
Charney is one who believes that Prospero wields excessive control over Miranda, and he cites the rules Prospero offers for the courtship of Ferdinand and Miranda:
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light (I.ii.451-453).
When the lovers next meet, Prospero emerges behind them, invisible, to observe. Charney is right that Prospero is often more filled with hate for his enemies than with love for his daughter, for he warns,
Sour-eyed disdain, and discord shall bestrew
The union of your bed with weeds so loathly
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