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In The Tempest how is human understanding of, and relationship with the natural world presented? In The Tempest, the natural world is presented in a variety of ways through different characters. Prospero has the ability to control nature through his education and the use of Ariel and the teachings of Caliban. Caliban himself represents nature as he is seen by many to be a product of nature. It is fair to view him as being …

…nature, so why did Prospero attempt to civilize Caliban? Gonzalo believes that we can learn from the natives in order to build a better society. Nature is presented in the form of masques that’s shows the beauty as well as the evil of nature. Towards the end of the play we see that it is nature that brings out the true nature of humans and has the ability to transform them into better people.