christian sin in Robinson crusoe

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The neo-Classical Literature
The Christian sin in Robinson Crusoe

 

 Daniel Defoe's novel is, at its core, the spiritual autobiography of one man: Robinson Crusoe, mariner of York. He is first rebellious, then atones for his sins, and then converts himself and others to Christianity. We begin the novel with Crusoe's rebellion: defiance of his father's plan for him, an act that is framed as going against the authority of God himself. Crusoe then suffers the vicissitudes of fate – a series of misfortunes that land him on the deserted island. Once there, he finally atones for his sins and undergoes a serious religious conversion. The novel then becomes a collection of religious observations. 

We see Crusoe turn into a teacher, as he converts Friday upon meeting the guy. Besides the redemptive structure of Robinson Crusoe, we can see many Biblical themes developed in the novel. For example, Crusoe's own story is very much like the parable of the parable of the prodigal son. The character of Crusoe is also pretty similar to such Biblical figures as Jonah (the one who was swallowed by a whale/giant fish) or Job (the guy who loses everything and everyone he loves) who have their faith tested through many trials and a tremendous amount of suffering. As an 18th-century mariner on the high seas, Robinson Crusoe is very interested in commerce, trade, and the accumulation of wealth. After all, the whole reason that Crusoe is on the ocean in the first place is to take part in trade.

 He makes money in Africa and also in the sugar plantations he buys in Brazil. While a religious theme is present throughout the book, so too is the idea of Crusoe's economic individualism. First, class. As Crusoe's father tells us at the opening of the novel, Robinson Crusoe's family is of the middle class. This class, according to old man Crusoe, is the best since it neither experiences the extremes of luxury nor poverty. Young Crusoe, though, strains against his father's class preference and decides to set off on his own. Second, society. This is a novel very concerned with what makes a society. We begin with Crusoe alone on an island and gradually we begin to see the social order come together. First, there are his animal friends (Poll and company), followed by Friday, the Spaniard, Friday's father, and then the mutineering Englishmen. Pretty soon the island is its own little society with Crusoe at the head of it.

Shakeshperean tragedy

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The Renaissance Literature


Shakespearean Tragedy.








The four most famous Shakespearean Tragedy are (1) Othello (2)Hamlet (3)Macbeth (4)Romeo JulietWilliam Shakespeare started writing tragedy because he thought the tragic plots used by other English writers were lacking artistic purpose and form. He used a fall of a notable persona as the main focus in his tragedies. Suspense and climax were an added attraction for the audience. His work was extraordinary in that it was note of the norm for the time. A reader with even little knowledge of his work would recognize one of the tragedy as a work of Shakespeare. A hero today is seen as a person who is idolized . now a days a hero dose not have to have wealth or certain political beliefs but instead can be regarded as a hero for his or her actions or inner strength. However in the plays of Shakespeare the tragic hero is a nobleman who enjoys some status and prosperity in society but possesses some moral weakness or flaw which leads to his downfall. External circumstances such as fate also play a part in the hero’s fall evil agents often act upon the hero and the forces of good causing the hero to make wrong decisions. Innocent people always feel the fall in tragedies as well.

Hamlet

Through reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet we see how one man’s greed results in at least nine deaths in the tragedy. We demonstrate their understanding of the text on the four levels factual, interpretive, critical, and personal. We see the conflicts of man VS himself and man VS man resolved in the tragedy. We learn that political struggles for power within a government are a part of any historical era, not just modern times. We study the theme of revenge. tragedy. We learn that political struggles for power within a government are a part of any historical era, not just modern times. We study the theme of revenge.

Shakespeare wants to establish a mood of tension and suspense from the very beginning, a sense of impending violence. Notice how much he conveys in just the first 21 lines of this scene. We have two ordinary soldiers on sentry duty meeting, Francisco and Barnardo. Obviously they are not important in the army hierarchy; otherwise they wouldn’t be on guard duty in the middle of the night. They are guarding against some kind of external threat and encounter each other with suspension, each demanding that the other reveal himself and give the password “Long Live the king”. Barnardo has come to relieve Francisco and has arrived at midnight “most carefully,” that is right on time.(one of the things Shakespeare often did in his plays was to accelerate the sense of time for dramatic purposes. By line 46 in this scene we will be told its one clock and by line 181 it will be daybreak.)