1. What is enlightenment? Are we enlightened? By using the texts that we have read in class describe what enlightenment is and how we have or have not been able to be enlightened.

2. In Melville’s Bartleby, Bartleby is faced with depression and states that he will prefer not to do almost anything that his boss asks him too. In a brief essay format please compare and contrast if depression such as the type Bartleby portrayed in the short story would be successful in today’s society.