Robinson Crusoe as a Moral Tale

1. To Crusoe’s World

2. Paper: 2 ( The Neo-Classical Literature ) Name: Bhatt Urvi P. Roll no. 36 Class: sem-1 P.G.Enrollment No. : PG13101004 Seat No. : 1130036 Email id: [email protected] Submitted to: Smt S.B.Gardy Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar (Gujarat-India) Topic: Robinson Crusoe as a moral tale

3. Robinson Crusoe By Daniel Defoe

4. First and third person narrative, Written by Defoe in 1719 in England. The novel is adventure story isolation Introduction:

5. Defoe creates a moral tale of rewards and punishments. Punishment for his ‘original sin’- disobeying his father. The Bible Shipwreck As a moral tale:

6. ‘’ had that providence, which so happily had seated me at the Brasils, as a planter, blessed me with confined desired… I could have been… one of the most, considerable planters in the Brasils.’’ Crusoe says:

7. Rogers has pointed out, the act of disobedience The ‘original sin’ is actually a condition of capitalist expansion where the individual businessman/ entrepreneur takes Himself calls enterprising spirit of the colonist, which he thinks, is punished by providence.

8. June 1660 Falls ill Hallucinates Drinking tobacco-steeped rum, Experiences religious illusion. Realizes that God has delivered him from his earlier sins.

9. Swept away by a powerful current Reaching shore. Thanks to God

10. On the beach Assumes the footprints

11. He surveys Find a ship wreaked on his coast Empty when he arrives Hears gunshots

12. To investigate Saves Friday Teach him some elementary Christian concepts.

13. Being isolated thus Crusoe is reminded of providence now and then. He repents for his disobedience and thus provides morality to the readers… Conclusion:

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