Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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took the privilege to study of human behavior. Addison was the only critic who knew the best how to ridicule anybody without causing a wound. Through his mild satire he tries to correct the society. Thought his contemporaries like Pope‚ Dryden and Defoe were also satirist‚ but they were personal in their satire. For example: Pope’s Rape of the Lock and Dunciad; another instance of personal satire is Dryden’s Absalom and Acidophil. But like them Addison does not satirizes anything that is a serious
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A little Learning is a Dangerous Thing: Origin and Meaning The source most often quoted as the origin of these words‚ is part of poem written by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) in his “Essay on Criticism” “A little learning is a dang’rous thing; Drink deep‚ or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain‚ And drinking largely sobers us again. Fir’d at first sight with what the Muse imparts‚ In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts‚ While from the bounded
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“Satire is a sort of glass‚ wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own” (Swift). Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical writer during the eighteenth century‚ made an excellent metaphor revealing that satire is written in such a way that the author exposes only what they want the reader to know. This same metaphor reigns true even today in modern satirical writing within the structure‚ tone‚ and what the writings are used for; dependent upon the point of view‚ I personally choose
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satire predominates in the work of Alexander pope. At a casual glance we can judge that the most of his work is satire on society. Satire is a way to criticize and condemn society for its evils. In fact it is a reaction to the moral indignation. Satire is a cynic way of depicting society. Dryden says that a satirist is no mere enemy of the offender than a physician to the patient. He prescribes the harsh remedies of inveterate diseases. Alexander Pope presented his age particularly social life of
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Michelangelo worked Cesena’s face into the scene as Minos‚ judge of the underworld (far bottom-right corner of the painting) with Donkey ears {i.e. foolishness} while his nudity is covered by a coiled snake. It is said that when Cesena complained to the Pope‚ the pontiff joked that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell‚ so the portrait would have to remain. The genitalia in the fresco were covered 24 years later (when the Council of Trent condemned nudity in religious art) by the artist Daniele da Volterra
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2) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - wrote heavily about belief of optimism Voltaire knew Pope in England (during V’s exile) and admired him until V. decided that optimism was a bunch of rubbish “A little learning is a dangerous thing” 3) Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712- 1778) - Humanity is naturally good but is corupted by the environment‚ education‚ and government since society brings out aggression and egotism‚ it is better for man to be a “noble savage” Rousseau sides with Pope and Leibnitz ex
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when people are being satirical and expressing their comments of society‚ they tend to see all the flaws so clearly‚ like a glass. Yet‚ when people do this they don’t pay attention to what they are doing. Jonathan Swift is one of the world’s best satirist and poet‚ born in Dublin‚ Ireland to Abigail Erick Swift and Jonathan Swift. He suffered a lot as a child‚ from not being able to have a father to getting kidnapped for many years by a family nurse‚ and even being sent away to college at the age
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beauty and charm. In fact‚ Pope invokes her blessings as if she were the goddess of poetry. At another place‚ she is the representative of the decadent aristocratic society. Through her character‚ Pope describes the flippancy and depravity of the English society of the eighteenth century. Essentially here is the satire portrait of a frivolous and flirting girl. This is quite obvious in the scene at Hampton Court. Belinda’s Routine: Belinda is an ideal girl of Pope. She loves lap-dogs more
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preach to themselves. The proclamation was announced to the German and became a new way of life for the Germans. The Pope had begun to get black mailed by the kings. Therefore the kings got special privileges. Barzun believed that this did nothing to reform the church. In a reaction to the Pope condeming 41 of Luther ’s 95 theses‚ he publicly burned books which idolized the Pope. Barzun then describes how most revolutions are begun. He states
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