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    The Enlightment

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    in Moliere’s‚ Tartuffe‚ exemplifies the idea of ignorance‚ due to the fact he is ignorant of Tartuffe’s true character. DORINE: “There was that headache Madame had the day you left. Well‚ it got really bad. She had a fever”. ORGON: “And Tartuffe?" DORINE: “He’s fine- Rosy nose and red cheeked‚ drinking your wine.” ORGON: “Poor Man!”(1.4.8-14). Although Orgon hears news about his ill wife‚ he only shows his care towards Tartuffe. He also fails to recognize that Tartuffe is tricking them

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    Introduction to World Literature 195:01‚ 02‚ 03‚ H1 Fall 2010 Professor Janet A. Walker‚ with the assistance of teaching assistants Lauren Fanelli‚ Matthew Mangold‚ and Mavis Tseng All students enrolled meet Tuesday 2nd period in Milledoler 100. Sections meet at the following times and locations: Section 01 Matthew Mangold Thursday 1st period Campbell A1 Section 02 Lauren Fanelli Thursday 3rd period Campbell A1 Section 03 Mavis Tseng Friday 3rd period Murray 115 Section H1

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    beginning of Candide and was further incorporated in events that happened in later chapters. 3. During his journey’s‚ Candide experiences bad circumstances and later decides that he disagrees with his professor’s philosophy. 4. Humans tend to forget happiness does not come in a box or from the world. 5. After a sailor stole Candide’s fortune‚ the sailor’s ship was attacked and sank. Candide later stated that he believed when an evil person commits a crime‚ they are punished. 6. Voltaire used Candide

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    seventeenth-century Molière—a playwright and actor who targeted doctors in many of his satirical comedies. Though many of these comedies‚ employed stock‚ buffoon archetypes to satirize the medical profession‚ experiences and changes throughout Molière’s career led to more complex representations of the medical community in his plays that effected theater‚ medicine‚ and society. After establishing himself in comedy—a much more difficult path for a playwright at the time than tragedy—Molière achieved success

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    that was all he knew was to run away from his problems‚ but once he faced his problem he was able to take care of it himself which I felt was the highlight of the entire piece of work. The next dramatic was Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere this piece came in second only because Tartuffe simply had two people of the entire character list fool they were Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle. The major character in the play is Orgon the minor characters were the family members and

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    Olaudah Equiano Analysis

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    Candide and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano point out different roles of religious convictions about violent evil. By the time Voltaire wrote Candide‚ he was no longer a Christian‚ because he believed there was not a rational basis for the Christian belief in God at work in the world. Whereas‚ Equiano’s experience of slavery brought him to Christianity‚ which helped him make sense of how God could redeem an evil act such as slavery. After reading the short stories the reader

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    The protagonist‚ Candide‚ is a good-hearted but naïve young man. His mentor‚ Pangloss‚ is described as a teacher of “metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology” who believes that this is “the best of all possible worlds.” This belief‚ which is argued by Leibniz‚ is the main reason why Voltaire is satirizing his play. Pangloss is an optimist‚ and believes that no matter what happens‚ this is the greatest life anyone can live because the good will always be the case. Voltaire mocks the idea that good

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    time period‚ therefore creating a timeless battle of morality that is relevant to all. In Don Juan‚ Molière uses humor‚ character‚ and conflict to convey the theme that although wretched people can turn away from immortality‚ they are always haunted and even ruined by their own obstinacy. Often referred to as the “father of modern French comedy‚” Jean-Baptiste Poquelin‚ more commonly known as Molière‚ was born into an affluent French family in 1622. He was much more on the path towards a secure business

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    Nature in Literature

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    Holly Stalker Professor Loren Hoekzema English 141-30 17 February 2015 Nature in Literature: Basho and Voltaire Nature plays a huge role in many pieces of literature‚ but especially Basho’s Narrow Road to the Deep North and Voltaire’s Candide. There is a major difference between the two forms of literature and how nature is incorporated into each. This Japanese form of literature has a much lighter tone than that of the European style of literature. You can see a calmer‚ more relaxed intention

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    Curriculum Vitae for OJT

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    must be at least 1000 and no more than 1500 words. It should be appropriately documented. Everyone in a given class will have a different topic. Text Choices for World Lit paper: You may choose two of the following: Siddhartha‚ Hesse CandideVoltaire A Doll’s House‚ Ibsen (if you don’t use it for the presentation) The Stranger‚ Camus General Types of Topic Choices for Essay: Topics may be based on any aspect(s) of the work(s) studied: cultural setting of the work and how it and related

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