What would he do if Voltaire had access to a time machine? Francois-Marie Arouet is a well-known French satirist from the 1700’s. Francois also goes by the name of Voltaire‚ he wrote stories‚ poems and basically every other type of literary work imaginable. Voltaire was a very opinionated philosopher and he had no problem stating his views. Voltaire actually spent a lot of time in jail for his comments and opinions; he was a trusted advisor to both Louis XV and Fredrick the Great of Prussia.
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Oscar Wilde’s use of satire in The Importance of Being Earnest “Ignorance is like an exotic fruit…” writes Oscar Wilde as he sets the literary table with a rich display of Victorian satire (Wilde). Born in Dublin to affluent parents‚ Wilde experienced a social advantage that gave him more than a taste of indulgent upper class life to ridicule. He attended Oxford on a scholarship and was considered a genius. Wilde was characterized as humorous‚ frank‚ and showy. Writing novels‚ poems‚ and essays
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Candide Questions 1. Describe three targets of Voltaire’s satires in Candide? Using Candide‚ cite one example for each. In Candide‚ there are three targets: religion‚ optimism and the military. An example for criticism of religion is on page 10‚ “When a brutish sailor struck him roughly and laid him sprawling; but with the violence of the blow he himself tumbled head foremost overboard… Honest James ran to his assistance‚ hauled him up‚ and from the effort he made was precipitated into the sea
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The crest on her scalp had darkened to a shade of red-black that matched the distended nipples of her scaled breasts. Rulagh flicked his tongue out. The display’s pheromonal musk tasted stale. Most of the rooms at the first level had discreet ’In Use’ signs flickering over their entrances. A selection of whores‚ male and female‚ strutted on the ramps wearing glitter-crusted sensilk slit open‚ front and back‚ to display their aroused crests and the spunk-drenched scales of their pubic wedges.
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In a time of violence and revolutions‚ there are a many controversial topics to write about. Voltaire and Olaudah Equiano wrote about many of these topics‚ and put their beliefs into stories. Voltaire and Olaudah Equiano were two very influential writers during the 1700’s. Their ideas and beliefs challenged normal actions of people at the time. These authors came from very different backgrounds. The experiences they faced throughout their lives helped shaped the ideas and beliefs they portrayed in
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Cunegonde Chapter eight of the story “Candide‚ or Optimism” written by Voltaire‚ is the tale of Cunegonde after Candide discovered her to be alive‚ despite what he was told. Cunegonde’s story is very intense and full of unfortunate events. One of the most dreadful things that happened‚ we learned in the chapter before‚ that Cunegonde retells is the murder of her family by the Bulgars. In this instance‚ Voltaire adds some satire because the Bulgars knew that he had escaped from them. Candide may have
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William Shakespeare was an English artist and play writer. He was generally viewed as the best writer and the world’s prevalent producer. Romeo and Juliet was one of his well-known play which explores the theme of ‘love’ in Act 2 Scene2‚ which was composed between 1594-1595. This play mainly focuses on love‚ by utilising exceptional poetic approach which comprise of similes‚ sibilance‚ metaphors‚ personification and oxymoron’s. Shakespeare exploits numerous poetic techniques in the play Romeo and
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Horace’s Satires Writing satires established Quintus Horatius Flaccus‚ poet and philosopher‚ as the quintessential free thinker during the time of Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus). Horace’s satires‚ apparently humorous‚ tackle social issues in such a way that his said satires have remained of interest from when it was first published to modern day. The reason I refer to Horace’s satires being apparently humorous is that I find it difficult to detect the humour. British humour
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and satires. His play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” is one of his most famous satires about Victorian society. There are two different types of satire. Horatian satire is lighthearted and mocks human flaws‚ and Juvenalian satire which is bitter and negative and attacks an institution. In this piece Wilde uses Horatian satire to mock the values and morals of the upper-class in Victorian society. The first piece of evidence that supports the idea that this piece uses Horatian satire is that
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The two prime examples that shall be mentioned are the philosophers Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The philosophies of both of these men were known for bringing the earth out of the Dark ages and into the Enlightenment. Therefore‚ one might assume that these humanistic thinkers would place the highest amount of respect onto the human understanding of morality and goodness. Confusingly‚ they did and they did not. Voltaire and Rousseau
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