Boredom, Poverty, Vice
31. Jan, 2008 
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Voltaire’s Candide questions the best of all possible worlds that contain daily atrocities, iniquities, and disasters.
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Tag Archives: satire
Molière’s Tartuffe
30. Jan, 2008 Comments Off
An overriding theme of Molière’s Tartuffe is not one of religion directly, but of that age-old concern of comme il faut, propriety, and appearance versus reality.
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Essay on Critical Man
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Rather than negating criticism altogether, Whatever is, is right only supports the critic’s endeavor further in Pope’s writing.
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The Satirist’s Character and Role
22. Jan, 1995 Comments Off
To Pope, the satirist is one who defends Virtue and attacks Vice whatever the consequences; he is one who supports friends and attacks those who are enemies of the truth.
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