Select one reading from each list below, and-in a two to three paragraph response-compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.
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LIST 2 |
- Tartuffe
- Gulliver's Travels
- Candide
- Oroonoko or The Royal Slave
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- Discourse on Method
- The Social Contract
- A Vindication of the Rights of Women
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Consider the following in your discussion:
Use of satire
Form and approach of the work (i.e. narrative fiction, drama, essay)
Position of oppression (i.e. slavery, rights of women)