Moliere, Voltaires and Swift

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This paper examines how, through readings of Molieres "Tartuffe", Voltaires "Candide" and Jonathan Swifts "Gulliver's Travels", their points of view on human nature can be argued on many different themes such as the function of religion, what might be good government and the concept of their own view of society. It also discusses how the main focus of these works is largely to point out follies of society in some sense or another and how they critically present the social customs and the values of their time.

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"Specific examples of this human nature theory found in Molieres' play "Tartuffe" would be the main character Orgon. By revealing the Human Nature of Orgon in this play, it clearly shows how desperately afraid of insult in his society and therefore he does everything to preserver his dignity and standing in upper French class life. Tartuffe is set in the realm of seventeenth-century Parisian high society during the reign of King Louis XIV. It could be said that although the play focuses on the issue of religious hypocrisy, it was more of a "kiss up" to King Louis XIV. Orgon was blind to the possibility that Tartuffe may be deceiving him in order to gain both financially and socially. That type of behavior was forbidden by the King."

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