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Anna Laetitia  Barbauld – A fierce opponent of war and slavery. She was fearless and tough minded poet. With the poem “To a Little Invisible Being Who is Expected Soon to Become Visible” and “Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, a Poem” one can see the strength and the frailness of the author. “To a Little Invisible Being Who is Expected Soon to Become Visible” The author opens the poem with the description of birth as an emancipation from the womb and the mystery of what a child will become. She compares the possibility of what a child can become to the spring time when everything blooms. “Fresh younglings shoot, and opening roses glow, swarms of new life exulting fill the air, haste, infant bud of being, haste to blow” (327)! " That free thee living from they living tomb" describes how a child has no other choice but to be held prisoner in a living tomb, but when the time comes the little captive will burst through the living doors (the womb) and is now a part of society. ...

The setting is like the biblical story of Job. Where the angels are before the Lord discussing creation when Mephistopheles , who represents the devil, is bored and disappointed with humans. Just like with the story of Job, God ask Mephistopheles has he considered Faust. They enter into bet to see if Faust will find his way back to God, despite Mephistopheles temptations. Faust is a scholar, he is suffocated by the books in his study. “I’ve got a Master of Arts degree, On top of that a Ph.D., (105). He has studied but feels stuck in life. He is unsatisfied with head knowledge, so he decides to turn to magic to have an experience outside of books. Its ironic that he claims that he is stuck soon after speaking of his desire to experience nature, yet he speaks of his knowledge of the moon but never goes for a walk to experience it. “Oh misery! Oh, am I still stuck here in this dismal prison” (106). He instead opens yet another book [He opens the book and his eyes encounters t...

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Love is a Lost Treasure The theme of sacrifice love appears to fill the entire ambience of the novel. However, underneath the surface is the truth love is a defeated foe when it comes to money. At first look, Master Li, is smitten by Du Tenth, for no other explanation than he has never encountered a woman, not to mention, she was beautiful and sexually experienced. One can see that Master Li, being unable to pass the civil service examine, is not so bright and foolishly falls in love with a prostitute. Luckily for Master Li, Du Tenth was an honorable woman despite her misfortune of being a made a courtesan at the age of thirteen, “Tenth, knowing how greedy and unjust her madam was, had long been meaning to go straight,” even the “the ancient’s said, “friendship based on profit grows cold when profit runs dry,” but this was not the case with Tenth. She had a genuine fondness for Master Li and knew that there were more valuable things in the world than money.   From these ...

Introduction: the creation of a magical stone that is quickly deemed unworthy/ reshaped into something of value by the Taoist and Buddhist monk. ( redemption) could the stone represent the author? Vanitas the Taoist realizes the stone carries some consequence but is not sure that its worthy enough to be shared because it has no dynastic period/no social message/no valid accreditation. The stone gives validation of why the story should be published, insisting that the events and characters in the story are of true account. This caused Vanitas to take another look and realized that the stone spoke of nothing but truth and ventured off to look for a publisher. (this could be how the manuscript of Cao Xueqin after his death was viewed and how it was finally published)  The land of illusion – “Truth becomes fiction when the fiction’s true; real becomes not-real where the unreal’s real (528).   (truth is something that is accepted by an individual/individuals than what re...

Feng Menglog (1574-1646) Most versatile writers of early modern China/ Ardent scholar of the Confucian Classics Introduction to a soon to be corrupt system civil/political/logrolling “In view of the present armed strife, our logistical supplies are insufficient. Let us provisionally adopt the precedent of accepting payment in exchange for positions in the imperial academy” (500). Du Tenth/Master Li, Prostitution /rank/money / an arrangement of sexual favor develops into real affections towards one another. The theme of money equals power.   Career advancement based on money/love is not more valuable than money. The women of low standing showed honor/kindness/concern for the Mater and Tenth than the friends/acquaintance of the master’s caliber.   Yuelang stated, “Our sister will be journeying hundreds of miles over the hill and dale along with her husband. Yet her savings are scanty, and she is not in the lease prepared. This is a matter that should concern all of us...

I will be doing more research about the theme of “free thinking” and “Hypocrisy” in Candide. Voltaire not only highlighted but criticized different philosophies and civil constructs throughout the story. Candide is symbolic of one who is incapable of thinking for himself. In my pursuit, I need to take a closer look at the popular philosophies, civil and religious intuitions during that time to help readers understand Voltaire’s strong position of reason, freedom, and progress. Allowing one to think for themselves. I believe that is why he challenged several beliefs throughout the story so that his readers could made a sound judgment for themselves. Like Candide, who was being presented with truth throughout the story through his experiences, his readers also have the same opportunity, as we are faced with what we believe. Yet, Candide continued to hold on to a system of belief that he had been taught from Dr. Pangloss.   Understanding this is hard because Voltaire, at on...

Is that All You See Candide is a tale that allows you as a reader, while reading to observe and conclude on various concepts, such as, Optimism, human reasoning, orthodox religion, Deism (God created the world and then stands back, allowing nature to follow its own laws while never intervening), the need for war and disaster as a way of balance, and social class (wealthy/impoverished). However, as the story kept on unfolding, I saw how I had disregarded Voltaire’s depiction of the women in his story. They are put in burdened circumstances; portrayed as docile and submissive, not to mention they are sexualized throughout the story. This is normally how women are stereotyped in numerous plays, stories, and motion pictures. However, Voltaire uses this common characterization to expose the exploitation of women during the eighteenth century. Women had no genuine authority, as we see in Candide, regardless of their riches, nobility, or beauty.   Cunegonde is the young and be...

This week I really struggled, one reason being, I had a small surgery on the 30 th and, even though the  recovery has been going well, trying to read and write through the pain or under the influence of  medication has been a challenging balance act. In addition, last week I was overwhelmed and confused with the project work assignment.  So far, out of all the reading I enjoyed Tartuffe is my favorite . Maybe, because it was because it was hilariously entertaining, which made analyzing this play easy for me. I found myself enjoying writing about it, unlike the other readings where I am chasing my thoughts. However, the professor did point out that even though I had a great analysis, I needed to cite more of the text to back up my argument. I re-read my analysis, and I could see where I could have included direct lines from the text to make my argument stronger.   I appreciate the positive feedback and if I have time I would like to revisit my analysis to implemen...

Wu Cheng’En – a versatile poet (His novel The Journey of the West contains over 1, 700 poems). ·        Known for writing on Mythical and supernatural super natural subjects in a satirical style. ·        Minor officer serving under the Mind Dynasty (1368-1644). The Novel had a historical basis in the journey of the Monk Xu-anzang, or Tripitaka (596-664), who traveled from China to India in search of Buddhist scriptures during the reign of Emperor Taizong, on of the most splendid emperors of the Tank Dynasty (618-907).   Such Travels were forbidden. ·        Buddhism- immortality and ultimate virtue ·        Daoist – self-preservation and immortality (Confucian – Moral virtue) Chapter 1- There is an immortal stone rock, the rock gives birth to an egg, the egg gives birth to a monkey which disturbed heaven. He communed with other animals. Where...

Candide is a tale that allows you as a reader, while reading to observe and conclude on various concepts, such as: Optimism, human reasoning, orthodox religion, Deism (God created the world and then stands back, allowing nature to follow its own laws while never intervening), the need for war and disaster as a way of balance, and social class (wealthy/impoverished). Voltaire was an Enlightenment thinker, yet he was not an atheist but believed in Deism. He has an unyielding passion for social justice.   He addresses what many people want to ignore or sweep under the rug so to speak, “Candide encapsulated the many problems that stoked Voltaire’s angry and fed his satire: absolutism and religious bigotry unnecessary bloodshed, restrictions on freedom of speech and religion, and the intolerable reality of human suffering” (354). Therefore, he inspired great revolutionary leaders. Personally, I believe, great leaders such as Voltaire are great not because of their literary ability...

Originally, before I chose which reading I would research in the Project Brainstorm assignment, I optioned for " What does this work reflect about its historical, social, political and/or economic context? You may focus on race, class, power, cultural values and beliefs, historical events, the author’s biography, gender, psychology, etc. " Yet, as I started to review the readings I was drawn to James Beattie, From An Essay on Truth for the research project. It was interesting to learn that even though, today, this piece of literature reads as a strong consensus against the irrational philosophy of David Hume that James Beattie refused to publish a lot of his writing in fear of public criticism. In addition, it was interesting to learn his work could have played a major role in the abolitionist movement. Some will argue that his work indirectly played a huge role during that time, but others would strongly disagree, even asserting that his work which was published a dec...

Feedforward I found the feedforward article to be very interesting. I must say, I would prefer this type of approach because I am prone be more creative when someone suggest something that I did not think of.   Hearing suggestions from other individuals helps me think outside my box. In addition, it helps me gain confidence, because someone can suggest something I thought off, but I was unsure of, so I played it safe, colored within the lines so to speak.   I have found this to be true regarding writing, but life in general. I recently had someone suggest something that I could do in the future when dealing with someone who made a statement in a text to me that I did not agree with. My friend did not ask how I dealt with this person in the past but suggested a conflict resolution technique that I never considered. I immediately started thinking of varies ways to use the technique. I applied what I learned, and the situation ended totally different than I expected. I gain...

A Thin Line Between Reason and Wisdom At first glance you can analyze Tartuffee as a condemnation on religion, but I found it to be remarkably inverse. The contention is not with religion, but with hypocrisy and reason rooted in freethinking. In the tale of Tartuffe, Moliere accentuates the importance of heeding to wisdom. We see, Cleante, the brother in law of Orgon and the King are viewed as the voice of wisdom. While, the other characters, could be the voice of reason. Although wisdom and reason are similarly characterized, they are distinctive in meaning.  British philosopher Nicholas Maxwell has called wisdom "the capacity to realize what is of value in life for oneself and others. ” Moliere acquaints us with a man’s inability to sway from his own reasoning, only to end up encountering the ultimate betrayal before recognizing the true value of wisdom. Orgon was incapable of seeing the importance of family, after returning home from being absent for two days, he inqui...

T he Song of Ch`un-Hyang (page 74-89)  Confucianism is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life. It developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.   Confucianism, like many other traditions and religions are inherited values. The issue is that individuals are not given the opportunity to develop their own values and ways of thinking. Yet, traditions and religion, for many leaders in the 18 th century was a practical and effective way to rule a society. Another argument against tradition and religion it creates a hierarchical framework, making another human being inferior to another in some way. It takes a way man’s free will. The problem ·        The magistrate is determined to bend Ch`un -Hyang will by jailing and torturing her. ·     ...