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This 4-page paper discusses how the topics of death and loss are handled between authors and poets of the romantic and enlightenment periods. Authors discussed are Jonathan Swift, Frederick Douglass, Voltaire, Emily Dickinson and Alfred Tennyson.
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both the enlightenment and romance periods. Most specifically, well be addressing the following works: "Gullivers Travels" by Jonathan Swift; Candide by Voltaire; Narrative by Frederick Douglass; "Ulysses" by Alfred Tennyson
and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," written by Emily Dickinson. Well notice, throughout this paper, that there is a distinct difference of the depiction of death and loss
between 18th century writers and 19th century writers and poets. Though most movies, and "re-dos" of Gullivers Travels focuses more on the aspect of the gigantic Gulliver and the small
Lilliputians (always featuring a bound Gulliver and frightened Lilliputians), the story itself focuses on Gullivers many travels - he ends up, in one of his travels on an island of
giants, and on another, on an island of animals (and when he returns, he finds the human race wanting). In this regard, each time Gulliver leaves his home, he is
"losing" something as he enters onto the various islands (namely, his self identity - he becomes "a giant," a "little person" and the only human on an island of animals).
Yet its interesting that, upon his return to "humanity" (i.e., his beloved wife and family), he becomes so restless that he must again travel and "find himself." The sad thing
is he doesnt necessarily find much of anything on the final journey. Though he finally adapts himself back to humanity following his time on the Houyhnhnms, he ends up buying
two horses as his companions, and spends most of his days with them. Candide also points out the fallacy of human existence. But unlike Swift, the French author Voltaire doesnt
find much of a redeeming quality in any particular human society. The story is based on Voltaires own experiences of the Seven Years War, but though he fought for France,
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