"O brave new world…
In the context of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” the character Miranda exclaims this phrase in excitement over the recent new arrivals to her island. She’s been stranded there with her “dad” Prospero and his servant Caliban, and finally some new folk have washed ashore after a storm. So when Miranda says “O brave new world, that has such people in’t!” she couldn’t be more sincere. However, her hopes for these men might be set a little high…