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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the use of thematic material, social perspectives, use of irony, and characteristics of eighteenth and nineteenth century writers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Enlightenment, it is easy to see this reflected in the work of Voltaire. As tumultuous as the eighteenth century was, no one could have dared to guess that the following
century would be marked by even more turmoil as the Industrial Revolution brought with it its own set of problems. The works of Whitman give voice to the changes during
their century. But for all the noise, it can be said that each group of writers, regardless of century, captured and identified those problems, social, political or spiritual which existed
at the time. However, the mode of communication and vehicle with which they did it is often quite different. After the Black Plague restructured the social order in Europe, many
of the theories and ideas which had been firmly suppressed by the Church began to surface once again. This movement signaled the beginning of the Enlightenment Period in history. However,
as a result of this explosion of theories and new ideas, technological developments and social orders, humanity paid the price. Capitalism became a greater force in society than it had
ever been previously. It was against the resulting shift in perspectives that many writers of the day and age railed. One such writer was Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire, whose best known
work, Candide, is a direct commentary on the search for lost spirituality and humanity, which typifies the eighteenth century writer. What one can take from this is that Voltaire has
determined that each of the characters, Cunegonde, Pangloss and Martin are representative of some facet of the human condition. For example, Cunegonde is highly representative of vanity and the inconstancy
of human love, whereas Pangloss is so cheerful and optimistic that he cannot discern reality from fantasy. In short, then, the eighteenth centurys literary vehicle of choice was satire. The
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