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The Tempest - Art vs. Nature "... the natural man functions like the virtuous shepherd of normal pastoral, to indicate corruption and degeneracy in the civilized world; if the natural man is a brute, so much more terrible is the sin of the nobleman who abases below the natural." Consider the debate between Art and Nature in the play The Tempest. In The Tempest, Art is that which is composed of grace, civility and virtue. It …

…led. In order for Prospero to become an ideal human leader, he must give up "this rough magic", and consent to allow his power to flow only from the loyalty of his people. Shakespeare does not present us the perfect ruler immediately. Instead, he develops Prospero from a basically good, but flawed man, to one who, although retaining some vanity and therefore is not perfect, will certainly act in a manner befitting an ideal leader.