Anne-Marie Greenland Character Analysis

A struggling actress who plays Miranda in the Fletcher Correctional Players’ production of The Tempest. Twelve years earlier, Felix had enlisted the teenaged Anne-Marie to play Miranda in the production he was planning at the Makeshiweg Festival; Tony’s coup then not only ousted Felix but also cut short the young woman’s blossoming career. Talented and enthusiastic about choreography and dance as well as acting, Anne-Marie brings her expertise to the production, becoming as dedicated as Felix and encouraging the prisoners to add innovative additions to their parts. With her tough, no-nonsense personality, she also adds some grit and confidence to the character of Miranda, whom Felix originally imagines as fragile and vulnerable. While Felix is exacting his revenge on Tony and Sal during their visit to the prison, Anne-Marie has to distract Sal’s son, Frederick; just as Felix hopes, the two young people fall in love in the process. By the end of the novel Felix has hired them both to work at the Makeshiweg Festival and eventually take it over. In both the part she plays and the affectionate relationship she develops with Felix, Anne-Marie corresponds to the character Miranda in The Tempest.