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Final Exam Question

Choose two texts and compare and contrast the tone. Why does the author specifically use that tone for that story? How does that tone make the story better or worse?

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Midterm Question

“Compare and contrast the sonnets of Sor Juana Inees De La Cruz and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Make sure to discuss the purpose of the authors writing them.” I think it would be interesting to compare the sonnets of such different writers, … Continue reading

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Liberty or Death!

While reading Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Liberty or Death I felt a ball of passion develop in my chest. For a second, I actually wished I was an oppressed Haitian in that time so I can run down the streets with my … Continue reading

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Voltaire and Women’s Rights

We’ve discussed how a push towards women equality has been a major theme of the Enlightenment.  As an Enlightenment writer, how does Voltaire express his views on women’s rights in “Candide”? It seems to me that Voltaire did not give … Continue reading

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”

Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792) is heavily influenced by Immanuel Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?” (1784). She begins her manifesto by asking how a man is different from a savage and then proceeds to say that … Continue reading

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