A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe was born in 1660, in London, and was originally christened Daniel Foe, changing his name around the age of thirty-five to sound more aristocratic. Like his character Robinson Crusoe, Defoe ...
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Background on Robinson Crusoe
Background on Robinson Crusoe The adventures of Crusoe on his island, the main part of Defoe’s novel, are based largely on the central incident in the life of an undisciplined Scotsman, Alexander Selkirk. Although it is possible, even likely that ...
Write a brief character sketch of Friday, What purpose does he serve in the novel?
Question: Write a brief character sketch of Friday, What purpose does he serve in the novel? Or, What opinion have you formed of Crusoe’s man, Friday, from Defoe’s novel? Answer: Friday is the name that Crusoe gives to a savage ...
How does Robinson Crusoe illustrate man’s struggle for survival?
Question: How does Robinson Crusoe illustrate man’s struggle for survival? Answer: Daniel Defoe is a skillful artist. With the help of his magnanimous penmanship, he has successfully depicted a single man’s survival against the forces of nature. Defoe had his ...
What estimate of the character of Robinson Crusoe do you from? Discuss with adequate textual references
Question: What estimate of the character of Robinson Crusoe do you from? Discuss with adequate textual references. Or, Comment on the character of Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe. Answer: “I must create a system or be enslaved by ...
Write a note on the allegorical significance of Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe
Question: Write a note on the allegorical significance of Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe. Or, Do you notice symbolic elements in Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe? Discuss. Or, Discuss Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as a religious allegory. Answer: An allegory is a story ...
Discuss the nature of sin, punishment and repentance as one of the themes of Robinson Crusoe
Question: Discuss the nature of sin, punishment and repentance as one of the themes of Robinson Crusoe. Or, Consider Robinson Crusoe as a story of sin punishment and repentance. Answer: Sin punishment, repentance, and reconciliation go to make important themes ...
Today we love what tomorrow we hate; today we seek what tomorrow we shun; to-day we desire what tomorrow we fear.
Explanation: Today we love what tomorrow we hate; today we seek what tomorrow we shun; to-day we desire what tomorrow we fear. Answer: These beautiful lines occur in Chapter 14 of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Here through these words of ...
I consulted neither father or mother anymore, nor so much as sent them word of it; but leaving them to hear of as they, might…..
Explanation: I consulted neither father or mother anymore, nor so much as sent them word of it; but leaving them to hear of as they, might, without asking God’s blessing, or my father’…………. Answer: These lines occur towards the beginning ...
What a table was here spread for me in a wilderness, where I saw nothing at first but to perish for hunger.
Explanation: What a table was here spread for me in a wilderness, where I saw nothing at first but to perish for hunger. Answer: This is an extract taken from Chapter 13 of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. In these lines, ...