The words we use are a reflection of the zeitgeist of our times. One can’t talk of ‘Feminism’ today without being reminded of the ‘#HeForShe’ campaign and the ‘#metoo’ movement. Words, like their users are political and each word accrues a new charge from time...
In candide, by Voltaire and in the “Essay On Man” by Alexander Pope, both authors have similar ideas, however they also have critical differences. In these pieces of literature the authors Voltaire and Pope make strong yet different arguments about the belifes of the worlds....
In the midst of the 18th century, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope sought to incite societal action in response to two different crisis that afflicted their separate geopolitical sites. Swift, an Irish upperclassmen, wrote the satirical piece, A Modest Proposal (1729), in reaction to the...
When bringing up the topic of misogyny in history and literature, many tend to shrug their shoulders and say “well, that’s just how it was back then,” or “women just didn’t have the same rights. It was the tradition.” Even a certified educator approved by...
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