On first glance, Forbidden Planet can easily be seen to parallel many other works relating to technology, nature, or both. One of the most obvious parallels is, of course, to Shakespeare's The Tempest, the story of a man stranded on an island which he has single-handedly brought under his control through the use of magic. Indeed, the characters, plot, and lesson of Forbidden Planet mirror almost exactly those of The Tempest, with the exception that …showed first 75 words of 1342 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1342 total…the assumption that "nature" is a tempest, not a garden of eden.) If we allow technology to go unchecked, it will eventually overwhelm us when we least expect it. And if we pit the two against each other, it will destroy our entire solar system. The proper course of action, then, is just what both Florman and Morbius propose--proceed slowly, and take into account the fact that all that is new is not necessarily good.