Historical context
Meditation 17
Paradise lost
Gullivers travels
How to read an essay
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Who were the cavaliers and roundheads?
The Cavaliers were the supporters of the king. The roundheads were the parliamentary forces and their leader was Oliver Cromwell.
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What is God and heaven compared to?
An author and and a book.
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Why did Eve eat the apple?
Because Satan was determined to corrupt Gods creation so he convinced Eve that what God truly wanted was for here to eat from the tree and gain the knowledge that it would concede to whoever ate it.
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How does Gulliver arrive on Lilliput?
He swims ashore after a shipwreck Where he faints and is later found by the Lilliputians who tie him up.
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What is the meaning of essay?
An attempt or test of trying to write something new.
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What was the glorious revolution?
It was a bloodless revolution were king James was deposed and forced to exile and the government determined who would rule.
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What does the contrast to an island suggest about humanity?
We are surrounded by people unlike an island which is surrounded by nothing.
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How is it called when a poet address a person or thing that is not there or cannot respond?
An apostrophe.
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Why do you think Swift chooses the correct way to crack eggs as the cause of conflict between Lilliputian and Blefuscu?
Because we consider it such a trivial matter that it shows how silly conflicts can create such strong divides between people and that now days trivial problems creating more complex than larger and more important ones.
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Who is Joseph Addison?
He is the most celebrated journalist of Britain, worked in politics, and founded the spectator with Richard Steele. He was an essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He lived during the last 1600 and early 1700.
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What was Yorktown and Bastille?
They were symbols of oppression that were attacked and turned into important moments in the American and French Revolution.
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"Death, thou shalt die" is an example of what?
A paradox.
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What punishment does womankind receive because of the fall?
Death, the pains of childbirth, and to have to look after men.
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Why does the Lilliputian government go to such trouble to feed and shelter Gulliver if he is so dangerous because of his size?
The Lilliputian government goes to great trouble to provide for Gulliver’s needs because he can be used as an ally against the enemy country, Blefuscu.
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What does Joseph Addison expect readers to achieve through his writings?
He expects readers to become more knowledgeable, less ignorant, and to gain a stronger morality.
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What were the economic and social effects of industrial and agricultural revolution?
The main effect of these revolutions was that he posted manufacturing and farming production. This caused economy to rise and made it possible to feed the swelling population of the cities. The agricultural revolution made less farmers necessary so more people move to the cities and started working in the new factories. This also allowed people to pursue different gold like reading, writing, gambling, etc. The social structure started to change.
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What does John Donne say that the bell tolling for death "tolls for thee"?
To remind his listeners that death is the shared fate of all humanity.
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What are the key elements of metaphysical poetry and what does each mean?
Paradoxes Talks about what lays beyond the metaphysical The use of metaphors and conceits; witty language
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How does Swift use language and style for the purpose of satire?
it is a relatively lighthearted but still biting satire of European culture and politics, framed as an adventure among dwarves and giants. He uses it to make fun of and show how ridiculous many conflicts and events that are happening in England and Europe as a whole are.
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What does the following excerpt mean: " I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit and to temper wit with morality."
Joseph Addison wants to write works that are substantial and important but that also catch the attention of the reader through jokes and clever comments.
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How did the American and French revolutions help turn the old order upside down?
These revolutions showed people that they could change their form of government. People are used to a king rolling all the people of these revolutions showed that not only kings were capable of making decisions and having power. These revolutions opened the door to democracy and turned their back's on monarchy, which in that time was unheard of and a complete change in the world they lived in.
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The speaker says that we derive pleasure from rest and sleep, "which but thy pictures be." What does this mean?
That if sleep is a picture of death then death must bring even more pleasure to people. This means that we have nothing to fear from death.
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Why did Milton write paradise lost?
Milton had always aspired to write an epic that represented Britain and his country. During his lifetime he lost his inspiration but when he became a stronger Catholic and older he decided that he wanted to write the epic he had always dreamed of writing but this time about a religious topic.
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"Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions." What do you think it means?
Even after doing something great or astounding for a Monarch, if his next wish is not conceived the previous favors are no longer taken into account. It shows the greed that monarchies bring because of its failure to have checks and balances of power.
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How did Joseph Addison influence how articles and essays would be written in the future?
He experimented with an in formal style of writing which is used now a days and is the most effective to transmit ideas to the public. He also started writing in short prose, instead of poetry, in a way that seemed as if the author is telling the reader his or her thoughts. Lastly, he used this style to discover connections between experiences and to learn about oneself. This style of writing has had a great impact on how newspapers, essays, and articles are written in the present.
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