Teachers and Entertainers of the Enlightenment Period During the Enlightenment Period authors found their roles in life were to teach and entertain their audience. In Jean-Baptist Poquelin Moliere’s Tartuffe and Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man‚ both artist achieve the Enlightenment’s goal‚ to teach and entertain. Both writers use satire‚ optimism‚ and emphasis on reason to inform and keep the attention of their audience. There are some regards that Moliere and Pope sacrificed art‚ creativity
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As seen through both A Modest Proposal and Candide‚ both Jonathan Swift and Voltaire were committed to exposing the problems inherent to their societies‚ but instead of making bold proclamations about these issues‚ they wrote entertaining texts that used irony‚ especially in terms of characterization‚ to point them out. For example‚ the speaker in the essay A Modest Proposal can coldly discuss the economic and social benefits of killing and eating children without ever giving much thought to the
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universal appeal to time and place‚ and impeccably suits its own age. Therefore‚ scholars applaud Muliére for his timeless work of Tartuffe which for centuries has been considered to be one literature’s finest masterpieces. Muliére lived through the Age of Elegance or The Age of Reason during the eighteenth century. This was a lavish and luxurious time period. It was also
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Tartuffe‚ put on by COS and directed by Chris Mangles‚ did a very good job in helping the audience understand the main themes of the play. The main themes that the director were trying to show were that hypocrites are very easy to see through and that only fools would fall for their act. The actors did a very good job with the traits of their character. The actor’s accurate representation of the characters made it even easier for the audience to understand the themes of the work and gave the production
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Out of the many stories that we have to compare‚ the best would have to be The Candide and Dante’s Inferno. There are many different ways that you can compare these two similar stories. The most obvious comparison from the beginning would have to be religion. Both of these stories begin with a man that has some type of issue or tries to decide how to deal and question religion. Another way to compare these stories is how both stories were controversial at the time because of their religious meanings
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having Candide mature through his journey. Candide realizes that the world is more than Westphalia‚ and that Westphalia is not the best place in the world. Candide begins to apprehend that if he wants to live in the best world he must construct it. In the novel Candide by Voltaire‚ the characters Pangloss‚Cacambo‚ and Martin help contribute to Candide’s growth in different ways‚ such as Candide being heavily influenced by Pangloss philosophy at the start of the novel. Later‚ when Candide ventures
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Candide Essay In the novel‚ Candide‚ Voltaire uses many symbols and motifs to satirize the basic ideas of optimism during the eighteenth century. However‚ Voltaire was not just able to sway the minds of his contemporaries‚ but he has also left a lasting impression on the modern world by satirizing tenets that have remained from his time to ours. One of the more important symbols in Candide is El Dorado. Voltaire successfully satirizes optimistic thought by using this South American city to represent
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Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travel’ and Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travel’ and Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ are typical literature works during the Enlightenment period. Both authors use satire in their works. Satire is literary form which means irony. Therefore‚ they have some similarities. They both want to expose human vices through satiric tone. Due to different personal styles‚ there are many differences between two novels. Two novels use satire to criticize human weakness. In ‘Gulliver’s
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Diana Alsbrook Professor Smith World Literature 251 March 4‚ 2010 Grotesque Imagery to Represent Themes in Candide Various forms of imagery appear in Voltaire’s Candide. This includes the image of gardening and the multiple images found throughout the tour of El Dorado. None‚ however‚ compare to the blatant grotesque imagery shown in the novel‚ imagery that gives us a sort of comic relief in what is supposed to be violent and gory. Comedy and horror-filled instances are combined to form a
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forget to recognize the true meanings of religion itself. He makes valid points as to what makes up a true devote of heaven and compares them to the performance some people project to “prove” they are devoted and more spiritually involved than others. In Act I Scene VI‚ while Cleante expresses his concerns to Orgon about his utter willingness to believe and follow Tartuffe without fail‚ Orgon explains his case of how he came about knowing this holy man and what great man he truly is. He speaks fondly
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