17th Century Literature Analysis Essay

I analysis some of ancient to 17th century literature to see how they structure, social classes and what morals they have. I look at stories with different backgrounds and different meaning behind the stories. They all have a very powerful connect with social classes and how they are structured. The morals of these stories is also letting us know at what society was like during these time periods. Morals a person's standard of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. Society people living together in a more or less ordered community. The first literature I will be discussing is a story called “Candide,” whose author is Francois-Marie Arouet or Voltaire has a powerful message about the social classes and the meaning of morals. Candide lives in the castle of the baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. Candide is the son of the baron’s sister and his father wanted to marry his mother, but couldn’t because his father’s family tree could only be traced through “seventy-one quarterings.” This lets you know at how much people in this time period care about honoring their family name no matter what happens. That society would look down on you if you married someone who wasn’t in the same social class as you. Pangloss is …show more content…
Lambert supports that God plays a role in what society does. The Book of Job transference from the individual to the nation or society in response to the conditions. God is not just showing Job why he needs to keep praying him but to show society. God can take away everything whenever he wants to matter what you did. “The book of Job is not skeptical; it is pietistic, demanding unqualified faith in God’s goodness.” That you need to try your best to please God or bad things still will happen to you. If you don’t please God still bad things can happen to you. That just because you are living a good life doesn’t mean that you done something