I don’t think the play Tartuffe was anti-religion but it did point out the corruption within the church. It was a comedy that pointed out the hypocrisy that was within the Catholic Church. However I think that in general (not always) when someone publically points out the flaws of an institution, then that institution, especially churches as a whole, become very offended. Then their defensive is to say that the person just doesn’t believe in God and/or religion.
Hugo’s Satan is a heroic figure because he goes through a journey that is similar to “The Hero’s Journey’ that we learned earlier this semester. I found it kind of interesting that this poem made the journey of Satan like a hero instead of some horrible creature or person that just appeared. The picture of Hell that is in Hugo, is more simplistic in the description where as, in Dante the author describes many different levels of hell.
Heine’s poem A Pine is Standing Alone and Leopardi’s poem The Infinite both talked about loneliness. The first line of Heine’s poem was, “A pine is standing lonely’ and the first line of Leopardi’s poem was, “This lonely hill has always been so dear.’ That brings up my next comparison, which is that, both poems talk about nature. Although the second poem I mentioned was lengthier, the first poem used more “fluffy’ words to describe the scenery. By fluffy I mean not as simple, and everyday use words. I found an interesting comparison between the two poems I selected to write about was that in the poem, A Pine is Standing Alone, the scenery is described as a certain place on the globe. The poem has lines like “in the North’ and “Far away in the Eastern land,’ both of which give the reader an idea of where the trees are relative to the globe. In the poem, The Infinite it does not give so much direction in the description of the scenery, it adds a little bit more of a mystic feel to the poem.
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I agree that Moliere was probably pointing out the corruption of religion in the society and was able to cleverly hide behind the fact that whats at issue in the play is hypocrisy. The fact that the Papacy felt it necessary to censure the play shows how influential it was, and also that they felt their was something worth keeping quite. I also love how Moliere shamelessly kisses up to the king at the time, which makes sense if your aim is to discredit religious power.
I agree that Moliere was probably pointing out the corruption of religion in the society and was able to cleverly hide behind the fact that whats at issue in the play is hypocrisy. The fact that the Papacy felt it necessary to censure the play shows how influential it was, and also that they felt their was something worth keeping quite. I also love how Moliere shamelessly kisses up to the king at the time, which makes sense if your aim is to discredit religious power.