'The Enlightment\r'

'Sydell Mejia Prof. Goulding EN202-21 2/25/10 grandness of Reason The Enlightment epoch was a very grand time period; it started in the eighteen century. This age was alike known as the age of rationality. men of this age felt they were â€Å"Enlightened” group. They believed they were coming to their smacks, better men of this time thought that the universe was logical, rational, and reason suit able-bodied, and this could all the same disclose a mans modern passions and actions. They had the beliefs that they had come contiguous to any other age to figure out how the universe and men worked and how to live more a good spiritedness more reasonably.\r\nThe Enlightenment also challenged many of the former suppositions, one of which was ignorance. Orgon in Moliere’s, Tartuffe, exemplifies the idea of ignorance, due to the fact he is ignorant of Tartuffe’s true(p) character. DORINE: â€Å"There was that headache Madame had the day you left. Well, it go t sincerely bad. She had a fever”. ORGON: â€Å"And Tartuffe? ” DORINE: â€Å"He’s fine- reddened nose and red cheeked, drin index your wine. ” ORGON: â€Å"Poor earthly concern! ”(1. 4. 8-14). Although Orgon hears news about his ill wife, he except shows his care towards Tartuffe. He also fails to recognize that Tartuffe is tric king them and is non thinking as reasonably as Cleante is.\r\nIn Act I, scene 5, Cleante is trying to talk sense into Orgon; he is the voice of reason in this scene. Cleante accuses Orgon of organism unable to distinguish hypocrisy and true veneration to the family. He tells Orgon that his love of Tartuffe is unrealistic, and attempts to â€Å"enlighten” him about Tartuffes true character: Cleante: â€Å"Orgon, listen, You’re out of your mind. / Or you’re mocking me. Or both combined. / How can you deal such nonsense without blinking? ” (1. 5. 73-75). Although Cleante knows that Orgon is wr apped just about his feelings for Tartuffe.\r\nOrgon believes so strongly in Tartuffes piety and virtuousness that he is willing to sacrifice the happiness of his daughter, hence thinking unreasonably and affecting his family negatively, such as making his daughter marry someone she does non want to marry, sacrificing the happiness of his daughter. Dorine is another character that presents reason throughout the play. Dorine, Mariane’s maid, is someone with a depleted neighborly status and because she is a member of the work split, she is portrayed as ignorant in the family because of her upset social status.\r\nAlthough in the play she is of low social status, she is smarter than Orgon and also a lot more reasonable. She is able to point out that Tartuffe is an imposter. Dorine says, â€Å"Now there’s a lie that beats everything. / His pretended awe for our king! ”(5. 7. 25-26). This shows that it does not matter what social class one comes from to det ermine their level of reason. Dorine is someone from a lower social standing than the family, nevertheless yet, is able to socialize and befriend the family she works for. His control affects his family, specially his daughter.\r\nIn the play, she is to marry to the man she loves, but when Tartuffe enters the picture, Orgon breaks his shout out to her fiance, and tells her she has to marry Tartuffe instead. However, Orgon is challenged by his family, who work to prove Tartuffe is a fake. This is a conflict to the power order of lodge and brings into question the authority of this order, by the end of the play, Tartuffe turns his guts on Orgon and tries to arrest him. He brings an officer of the king back to take Orgon. However, while Tartuffe attempts to get Orgon arrested, the king saw through him and reasoned that Tartuffe was the one to be accused and put to trial.\r\nIn his Narrative, Oluadah Equiano, describes in incident his experiences when he was captured and en knuckl e downd. In an attempt to persuade the proofreader of the Englishmen evil actions, Equiano reveals the hypocrisy of European ideas of enlightenment and the dehumanizing nature of slavery. Equiano Olauduahs autobiography, The Interesting Narrative Life of Equiano Olauduah is a alone(p) and intriguing story which includes vivid and great exact descriptions of the authors life both as a slave and a free black man.\r\nThroughout Equianos life he encounters many hard channelises and misery. In the beginning of the narrative, he explains his experience on a slave send when he was sent away: â€Å"These filled me with astonishment, which was presently converted into terror when I was carried aboard” (38). He explains his amazement of the new advances throughout the ship but also explains the terror of being on the ship and watching the miserable slaves upon the ship.\r\nHe has come in contact with many people of different races, piety and intelligence. Equiano was a well-roun ded intelligent black phallic which many people admired. Although Equiano purchased his freedom and now considered a free man, he still endured man hardships. kit and boodle Cited â€Å"Age of Reason. ” History †AllAboutHistory. org. Web. 20 Feb. 2010. http://www. allabouthistory. org/age-of-reason. htm. Moliere. Tartuffe A unexampled Verse Translation (ED. Norton Critical Editions_)_. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007. Print.\r\n'