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masque is a particularly important scene as it deals with Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio. It is presented in a way that it brings out, and is symbolic to, the greed, lust of power and evil urges of these three sinners. Ariel presents a banquet of food that is needed by the Europeans to satisfy their hunger. It is nature that brings out the truth in a person whether that is unnatural (Sebastian and Antonio), or natural (Gonzalo). When Ariel appears as a harpy and mentions the name of Prospero all fear for their lives and are filled with guilt. When Ariel leaves, along with the banquet, Gonzalo notices that the spirit, which represents nature, tended to behave in a more ideal fashion than most of the humans who live in the civilised society. This echoes the voice of Montaigne.

Gonzalo believes the spirit acted in a more superior manner to those of Europe. For certes these are people of the island Who though they are of monstrous shape, yet note Their manners are more gentle-kind than of Our human generation you shall find Many, nay almost any The second masque is a play within a play and Prospero is the stage director. This is an example of nature blessing and inspiring people. In this case it is Ferdinand and Miranda. The moment each meet, Ferdinand believes that Miranda is something supernatural, as does Miranda to Ferdinand as she has never seen another human other than Caliban and her father. The irony is that they are both natural and possibly the purest in the play .The second masque scene shows a deep relationship with nature as Prospero

conjures up spirits that represents a major form of nature. He is able to show lush images of nature and its plenitude. Nature is captured in its ideal form and is represented as art in a theatrical masque. The Tempest presents nature in many forms. Some forms are pure such as the beliefs of Gonzalo and his eutopic visions, and others are unnatural, that being the acts of evil from one brother towards another. Prospero has the greatest understanding of nature through his education, magic and help from Ariel and Caliban. With this he is able to control everyone on the island. Caliban is a representative of nature and Ariel is a spirit of the elements of nature. Both give Prospero the knowledge to relate to nature and use supernatural powers to conduct things such as the tempest.

The Europeans all have euro-centric views of nature that may be based on their societies perceptions. However it seems that the uncivilized have greater ability to survive in the wild and relate better to 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.