Prospero's Observation On The Nature Of Her Daughter And Ferdinand

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After Prospero's observation on the nature of her daughter and Ferdinand, he improvised the ideal system he will create. Miranda believes man to be beautiful because they have been showed to her after Prospero has tempered their pride and ordered them according to each of the persons virtues and vices. For the real justice we know, beauty and compassion will come through the establishment of a nation that shows natural order, cultural pride that minimizes human suffering. Ferdinand is showed as briefly the Machiavellian warrior who will administer the justice that Miranda is too gentle to do herself. Therefore, through Prospero's establishment of a new system, Ferdinand's administration of justice and Miranda's love of beauty and compassion

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