The Double Standard in Robinson Crusoe

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Tammy N

 

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August 18, 2014

 

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I found this to be much in keeping with the precedent set by the writings of the first explorers from Columbus onward. These men would make descriptions of the people they encountered on their journeys and made comparisons with everything from beasts to animals to mythical beings. Last semester in my history seminar my final paper was the historical context of William Shakespeare's Tempest, and I found many parallels with the writings of the primary texts I used to that of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe...
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Among those similarities were the ones mentioned above: the double standard of slavery, the lackadaisacal attitude toward those of a different skin hue, and the need for emphasizing the appearance of natives. I found it very interesting that over three hundred years (as I studied readings originating from the fifteenth century) that the attitude of the European male had not graduated to a higher plane, but had stayed hovering in the same place...
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