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Robinson Crusoe - Research Paper

Robinson Crusoe

The Progression of the Eighteenth Century Novel Shows How Society Takes Over the Role of God The progression of the Eighteenth Century novel charts the transformation of the role of God into the role of society. In Daniel Defoe’s early Eighteenth Century novel, , God makes the laws, gives out the punishments, and creates the terror. By the end of the century, the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror announce to the world that society is taking over the role of God and now people will make laws, give out punishments, and incite terror. Early Eighteenth Century novel, , shows the development of a new self, one conflicted with the idea of both relying on God’s Providence while also ...

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Right to rule over the land no longer proves valid. Defoe illustrates society’s changes through Crusoe, who battles with the notion of God’s Providence. At certain moments he thanks God for His Providence, but then later conceives that actually God did not cause the miracle but he did. For example, when the English barley sprung up from the ground on Crusoe’s remote desert island with improper climate for growing corn, Crusoe thought "these the pure Production of Providence" and "this touch’d [his] Heart a little, and brought tears to [his] Eyes and he began to bless" (58) God. He believed so fervently that the sprouting of the corn was an act of God that he walked all over the island "peering into every Corner, and under every Rock, to see for more of it" (58). However, once he realizes that he "had shook a Bag of Chickens Meat out in that Place" he says, "the Wonder began to cease; And I must confess, my religious Thankfulness to God’s ...

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Added: 3/31/2007 03:25:44 AM
Category: English
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