ENGL 3251H Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Deism, Protestantism, Ann Radcliffe
10 Dec 2015
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Radcliffe talking about the plain truth characters not recognizing this. Seems to set up two different types of religion schedoni"s religion (bad religion/abbess) and ellena/vivaldi/olivia"s religion (good religion/abbess) Defining the grounds of belief supernatural, superstition (their religion not real), fear, irrational. Reason serves desires making his reason serve his own desires. The end justifies the means he stops at nothing (wants his brother"s money. Fearing the tyrant because he is lawless; schedoni wanting people to fear him. People getting a sense of power so he killed him, wants his widow olivia) He is a guy that knows no limits. Reason is the slave of schedoni"s desires he wants more money, reason tell me how to get that. Thinks it is natural to keep secrets. They don"t want the truth, they just want a confession. Fear of hell and damnation keeping people in line. Defining the grounds of belief natural and not supernatural.
