Michael Abelev
Hyrum Judkins
Marc Yu
Synthesis Essay
Though the Age of Enlightenment was a time of new ideas and new ways of thinking and considering life and how it should be lived, there were those like in any situation that has their own opinion of the new movement of thinking. Many were in support, and of course, there were those who disagreed. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name “Moliere” was a known anti-enlightment activist, but he was just one in the midst of many.
One of the biggest affects the Age of Enlightment had on the the world and Europe in particular was the fact that it was the motiving factor in the start of the French Revolution. The ideology of new rule and new form of government had the people of France in a stur and sparked the eventual revolution. Many who associated themselves with concervative ideas clearly did not agree witht the idea of a revolution, believing the old form of government was the appropriate form of governing in the land. One of the many known anti-revolutionists was Joseph de Maistre who believed that the Revolution and reform of the government would bring nothing but problems to France and the rest of Europe. Edmund Burke wrote the book Reflections on the Revolution in France where he denounced the revolution and the effects it had on the country. Burke and Maistre both belived that the revolution would only bring more problems then it would solve. By hypothetically “whiping the slate clean”, they believed the people of France would only bring about more problems and send the country into a state of turmoil and poverty.
I as well as my group believe that your synthesis response is lacking in several points that will be listed. To begin the critique we would like to remark that your essay has several grammatical errors. One word, stur, was probably meant to be written as stir, as in “had the people of France in a stir” which we think is undeniably a useful phrase in painting a description for the topic. However despite it, your group fails to comply with part of the question, the satire involving the beliefs and values of the middle ages. We do know how difficult it is to properly answer this broad, multi-faceted question but we don’t have a choice.
ReplyDeleteSo to conclude this fairly short critique on you answer: It is fairly good but is also lacking in some points.