English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… but also for its political and moral impact. Diderot would declare that the role of theatre was to ‘inspire men with love of virtue and abhorrence of vice...,’ 3 two qualities that Enlightenment thinkers saw as the genesis of … In Marchand de Londres the paradoxes of societal life are exposed as virtuous Barnwell murders his benefactor for the love of a courtesan. Barnwell delves into the dark side of human relationships, before contending with the remorse that … private, family, and domestic concerns. Dramatic comedy was intended to ‘evoke pathos, itself destined to sublime into a love of mankind and a propensity for sociability.’ 12 The purpose was to ‘teach men to live together better, to offer …
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