Civilization_vs._Nature

Civilization vs. Nature Civilization 1, Nature 0 In a case of survival of the fittest, does the natural man lose out to the civilized man' The natural man has none of the breeding or skills of the noble or civilized man. The natural man is pure impulse rather than planning. This flaw leaves the civilized man with the upper hand. This is why the civilized man (Antonio) is able to overthrow Prospero in the beginning. To begin this discussion, we must first define the terms of natural and civilized man. A natural man is a person that operates merely on sheer impulse. Their sole purpose is to achieve survival or pleasure. The civilized man is one that operates on thought or rationalization. They are often governed by complex feelings of guilt, shame, pride and jealousy. They are also ruled by a collection of standards laid down by their societies. The natural man as portrayed by Caliban is savage, unrestrained and brutal, incapable of higher reasoning and lacking the innate intelligence for nurture to stick. For him to learn, he must first be conditioned. He behaves in accordance with his instinctual urges, not with any sort of reasoning above that of the most elementary, and is man, natural, civilized, out, antonio, caliban, survival, prospero, evil, being, against, acts, trait, reasoning, operates, one, must, jealousy, incapable, impulse, ill, hand, first, feels, end, breeding, been, anger, accused, above, , yet, wronged, wrong, worst, work, witch, whom, while, urges, upper, unrestrained, union, understanding, true, treatment, to, in, thought, terms, tendencies, taste