The first document introduces Dominican priest Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) as one of the first settlers in New Spain (the New World) and his address to Prince Philip (future king of Spain) regarding the Spanish treatment of the Native Americans as unjust. He advocates for Indian rights and rejects the encomienda system. The encomienda system was a grant from the Spanish crown allowing the colonists in America the ability to demand forced labor and led to protests by people like Casas that
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In Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel Don Quixote de la Mancha‚ a necessary counterpart to Don Quixote’s character is found in Sancho Panza. Sancho is Don Quixote’s so-called squire and companion through his adventures. The vital contrast between these two characters contributes to the literary success of Cervantes’ novel. It is only through the eyes of Sancho that we witness Don Quixote’s madness and only through the latter’s madness that we evidence Sancho’s sanity. Without the presence of these
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La indolencia de los filipinos (y de los estudiantes tambien) 1. What was the effect of conviction of "inferiority?" -The child or youth who tries to be anything else is blamed with vanity and presumption; the curate ridicules him with cruel sarcasm‚ his relatives look upon him with fear‚ strangers regard him with great compassion. No forward movement -- Get back in the ranks and keep in line! With his spirit thus molded the native falls into the most pernicious of all routines: routine not
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The Nymph’s Reply The Shepherd had a sincere proposal‚ offering all the riches in his grasp to give to his love. But the Nymph rejects it for a simple reason‚ the only reason necessary; the Shepherd only promises materialist possessions and never mentions a serious relationship‚ let alone actual love. If an honest man is willing to give everything he has to a woman‚ is this action considered love or is it lust? If a woman falls for this bribery is she considered materialistic and naive? By the
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His name is Dulcinea; their homeland‚ the Toboso‚ a place of La Mancha; quality‚ at least‚ must be princess‚ it is the queen and my lady‚ her beauty superhuman‚ because it is coming to be true all the impossible and chimerical attributes that poets give their ladies ... "1 Quijote de la Mancha is undoubtedly one of the earliest and best examples of the intersection between reality and fantasy in literature. In this novel‚ the impassioned reading of a gentleman takes him to become a knight and see
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On La Indolencia de los Filipinos Sloth‚ idleness‚ slackness‚ dilatoriness or indolence -- Rizal‚ in his 1890 writing for La Solidaridad‚ takes up the question of this dissenting characteristic of the Filipinos. Upon reading his work‚ I am faced with the question whether the Filipinos nowadays still realize the existence of Juan Tamad among us while we are busy recognizing the fact that indeed the Philippines has become one of the main sources of the world’s domestic helpers‚ caregivers‚ nurses
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In Tartuffe‚ Moliere’s use’s plot to defend and oppose characters that symbolize and ridicule habitual behavior’s that was imposed during the neo-classical time period. His work‚ known as a comedy of manners‚ consists of flat characters‚ with few and similar traits and that always restore some kind of peace in the end. He down plays society as a whole by creating a microseism‚ where everyone in the family has to be obedient‚ respectful‚ and mindful of the head of the home‚ which is played by the
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Andrea Gismond 9/25/12 World Lit Reason Vs Passion In the play Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Moliere‚ the characters within the story are mostly driven either by reason or by passion. The two characters that stand out the most as being either the most passionate or reasonable are the servant‚ Dorine and the father of the house‚ Orgon. The views of these two characters are completely opposite‚ which result in the arguing of the two throughout the story. Although Dorine is able to provide evidence
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In Tartuffe‚ a play by Moliere‚ one of the main characters named Orgon brings in a hypocrite named Tartuffe‚ who is the antagonist of the play‚ into his household. Tartuffe pretends to be very religious and Orgon falls for his act. The scene I am selecting consists of Cleante‚ Organs’ brother-in-law‚ trying to convince Orgon of Tartuffe’s deceit . Cleante‚ in a secondary role in the play‚ is actually a strong character who voices reason to stabilize the conflicts of other individuals in the household
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Tartuffe was written in 1664 by Moliere. The play was performed in front of King Louis XIV in 1664 as 3 different acts. Its official 5 act version did not come out until 1669. The word Tartuffe was brought into the English language vocabulary to show someone who is very hypocritical. Tartuffe is all about wealthy people and the problems they have to deal with. Its major focus is on people with no common sense that fail at something but then come out with a serious result. The different responses
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