The perspectives of the explorers from different times can be compared and contrasted to the attitudes of characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest, and in this way it can be seen that people from different times and cultures have various attitudes to the natural world. ... The attitude of some explorers and characters in The Tempest is awe at the beauty of nature. ... In The Tempest, Prospero is one of the characters whose attitude towards nature is representative of a European, or "civilized" viewpoint. ... It is under Prospero's order that in the beginning of the play, the tempes...

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