Assignment:
Write an essay of exceptional brilliance on the question below.
Greenblatt has given us an account of how, with the triumph of Christianity in late antiquity, there was an historic transformation by which "the pursuit of pain triumphed over the pursuit of pleasure." While virtually all moderns scholars concede that there was continuity (how much is debated) from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, the Renaissance in Italy seems to be a time and a place in which, as Parks has talked about, there was a recognition that "you could have your cake and eat it too. Or have your wife drunk and the wine keg full, as the Italians say."
In what ways and to what extent did this recognition begin a turn away from the "triumph of pain"?
Requirements:
1) 10-12 pages (2500-3000 words) typed, 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced.
2) Sources must be properly cited.
3) For your citations use MLA or Chicago style.