In short notes of not less than 20 lines, compare how both Defoe and Swift portray their protagonists to enhance their critical reflections on the age.
ورده خالد سعد حداد 241 ندا وليد محمد عدلي 218 يوسف احمد معوض امبابي 248 محمود أحمد هلال حسن سليمان 167 مريم محسن قرني عبد الرزاق 176 هبة على إبراهيم عبد الجليل 234 هند هاني خليل عطيه 240 ياسمين هشام طه طه حراز 246 يوسف شريف عادل السيد السنتريس 251
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Entry 1: In short notes of not less than 20 lines, compare how both Defoe and Swift portray their protagonists to enhance their critical reflections on the age.
• The 18th century was a time of revolutionary endeavors in every inch of continental Europe, but the British Isles were evidently exceptional. The Act of Union of 1707 proclaimed the union between England and Scotland, which resulted in many key developments over the following years. These alterations were perceived in two major novels of the age, Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels, in which major characters played a huge role in subtly reflecting the age’s major issues in the way the authors' wanted them to, particularly corruption and imperialism.
• Both characters show us that if development was left limitless, it may result in unlimited forms of corruption. On the one hand, Daniel Defoe's criticism of corruption in his magnum opus was limited to the changes added to individuals of his age, reducing it to a society’s building block. Crusoe’s choice of leaving his parents, albeit his father's warnings to the end of his ambitions, refers to the utmost degree of individualism, in another sense, he breaks free of the traditions and norms represented in his parents. His financial ambitions also sheds light on Britain's nasty ways of pursuing its ambitions in the world, as an emerging superpower.
• Jonathan Swift, on the other hand, tends to view a CinemaScope of British society regarding the issue. Gulliver acted as a spectator to most of the events happening around him, which puts more emphasis on the events. The court scene for example, viewed that a person’s capability of deceit was his key to important posts in Lilliput.
• Another point was the imperialist mindset British society had at that time. In Crusoe, the motif of enslavement and the way he treated animals the moment he got stranded on the island clearly emphasizes the idea of superiority of the white man and his ambitions in leading the earth the way he wants. In Gulliver's, however, imperialism was shown through the war scene in volume one, as the king of Lilliput wanted to enslave the belfuscans after their defeat, getting the idea of greed to the limelight. The war was actually a parody of the conflict between Britain and France at that time, mostly evoking a sense of déjà vu.
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ندا وليد محمد عدلي 218
يوسف احمد معوض امبابي 248
محمود أحمد هلال حسن سليمان 167
مريم محسن قرني عبد الرزاق 176
هبة على إبراهيم عبد الجليل 234
هند هاني خليل عطيه 240
ياسمين هشام طه طه حراز 246
يوسف شريف عادل السيد السنتريس 251
Entry 1
Entry 1: In short notes of not less than 20 lines, compare how both Defoe and Swift portray their protagonists to enhance their critical reflections on the age.
• The 18th century was a time of revolutionary endeavors in every inch of continental Europe, but the British Isles were evidently exceptional. The Act of Union of 1707 proclaimed the union between England and Scotland, which resulted in many key developments over the following years. These alterations were perceived in two major novels of the age, Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels, in which major characters played a huge role in subtly reflecting the age’s major issues in the way the authors' wanted them to, particularly corruption and imperialism.
• Both characters show us that if development was left limitless, it may result in unlimited forms of corruption. On the one hand, Daniel Defoe's criticism of corruption in his magnum opus was limited to the changes added to individuals of his age, reducing it to a society’s building block. Crusoe’s choice of leaving his parents, albeit his father's warnings to the end of his ambitions, refers to the utmost degree of individualism, in another sense, he breaks free of the traditions and norms represented in his parents. His financial ambitions also sheds light on Britain's nasty ways of pursuing its ambitions in the world, as an emerging superpower.
• Jonathan Swift, on the other hand, tends to view a CinemaScope of British society regarding the issue. Gulliver acted as a spectator to most of the events happening around him, which puts more emphasis on the events. The court scene for example, viewed that a person’s capability of deceit was his key to important posts in Lilliput.
• Another point was the imperialist mindset British society had at that time. In Crusoe, the motif of enslavement and the way he treated animals the moment he got stranded on the island clearly emphasizes the idea of superiority of the white man and his ambitions in leading the earth the way he wants. In Gulliver's, however, imperialism was shown through the war scene in volume one, as the king of Lilliput wanted to enslave the belfuscans after their defeat, getting the idea of greed to the limelight. The war was actually a parody of the conflict between Britain and France at that time, mostly evoking a sense of déjà vu.