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Flashcards by Ayla de Klerk, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ayla de Klerk
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| Question | Answer |
| Alexander Pope | An Essay on Man, view of moral virtue as a basis for happiness. celebrates virtue and reason as twin sources of stability and harmony. fine ear for rhyme and sure sense of how sound echoes sense in an essay on man tendency toward satire |
| Jonathan Swift | A Modest Proposal, satirical impulse. the poor should bear children to be killed and sold for food and clothing for the rich. irony and satire condemn the economic practice and the social prejudices of this time |
| Voltair | Candide, innocent man introduced to pain, suffering, violence etc, he realized his philosophy teacher 'all is for the best' is vain and nonsensical, he gives up hope of finding happiness> voltaire suggests people live simly and reconcile themselves to fate |
| Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of independence enlightenment intellectual, "founding father", bold assertion of freedom from tyranny, US own government separate from england en Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen |
| Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice, ironic tone and intelligence, issues of her world: money, status, marriage, and family relations. her book is still relevant today for insight in human nature. |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | A Vindication of the Right of Woman, persuade readers of the unjust treatment of women. compare the plight of women to the working poor, show women's grievances and oppression equal to if not greater then those of the working class. her work is important for later feminists |
| Thomas Paine | Common Sense and The Rights of Man,in support of french revolution. ideas about religion in The Age of Reason. |
| Benjamin Franklin | Autobiography, "founding Father", signer of the declaration of independence. perfectionist> achieve moral perfection |
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