7. In Rousseau\'s Confessions, does the author seem more influenced by facts or

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7. In Rousseau's Confessions, does the author seem more influenced by facts or his own feelings? (Please explain your answer, giving a specific example from Rousseau's Confessions, identified by page number.) 8. True or False (circle one) According to the Rousseau introduction (pages 52-57, Volume E) Rousseau's Confessions broke new ground as a modern autobiography 9. Based on your reading of Confessions, how does Rousseau seem to feel about women? (Please explain your answer and include a specific example, identified by page number) 10. Within Confessions, Rousseau seems to be a: A. Sexual masochist B. Person who prefers fantasy to reality C. Dependent person D. All of the above 11. Within his own family, Rousseau: A. Spends lots of time with his young, beautiful, and lively mother B. Has a younger sister his father prefers over him C. Has an older brother who is not successful in life D Hates his grandparents, who he suspects killed his mother 12. Who mooches off others more than he works for a living? A. Tartuffe B. Rousseau C. Bartleby D. All of the above

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Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary. Also, this is a fairly large piece of work that I cannot fully read in time to submit an answer. Any part where your teacher has asked you to quote the story and the page number will have to be written by you.

(Answer) (7) Rousseau is entirely influenced by feelings and emotions in his confessions. He is even called the father of the Romantic Movement because of his appeal to emotions and nature as opposed to an adherence to facts and cold logic. Rousseau’s demeanour can be attributed to his difficult childhood since his mother died young and he was brought up by his father who was a watchmaker. His reaction towards instances seems metaphoric and poet.

(8) True – Because Rousseau claims that, he has acted with originality whether or not nature was right or wrong in making him the way he is.

(9) Rousseau viewed women as charming creatures, each of whom had their own temperament and nuances. Also, he was the kind of person who admitted to being afraid to talk to women and express his feelings towards them. (This folly, joined to a natural timidity, has always prevented my being very enterprising with women, so that I have passed my days in languishing in silence for those I most admired, without daring to disclose my wishes.)

(10) A – (1. but I found the reality much less terrible than the idea, and what is still more unaccountable, this punishment increased my affection for the person who had inflicted it.) ( I love liberty, and I loathe constraint, dependence, and all their kindred annoyances.)

(11) C – his brother.

(12) D – (Although I actually think the answer is A and C because A was a hypocrite who tried to cheat for his gain and C was a lazy clerk in a lawyer’s office. Rousseau was not really dependent but was not too rich to be as independent as he preferred.

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