LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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the ultimate expression of humankind’s ability to control its own destiny.
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a misguided attempt to overthrow human nature by rejecting tradition.
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a necessary change that was beginning to go astray.
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an event that had little consequence to England.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Born in Ireland, Edmund Burke (1729–97) immediately opposed the French Revolution, warning his countrymen against the dangerous abstractions of the French.
Detailed explanation-2: -He argued strongly against unrestrained royal power and for the role of political parties in maintaining a principled opposition capable of preventing abuses, either by the monarch, or by specific factions within the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Edmund Burke-Burke was not a fan of the French Revolution because of its origins and the “class” of people who were the driving force behind the Revolution. He did not believe that the French urban working class or the peasantry could simply be trusted with legislative or political powers.