Select one reading from each list below, and—in a two to three paragraph response—compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.

Select one reading from each list below, and—in a two to three paragraph response—compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.

LIST 1
Tartuffe
Gulliver’s Travels
Candide
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave

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List2

Discourse on Method
The Social Contract
A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Consider the following in your discussion:
Use of satire
Form and approach of the work (i.e. narrative fiction, drama, essay)
Position of oppression (i.e. slavery, rights of women)