Answering these questions enables you to relate material from the text to your own personal experiences.
Write a satire bringing to public view the injustices of the transatlantic slave trade as described in Equiano’s Travels.
Find an editorial cartoon that attacks a contemporary social problem or institution. Are cartoons as effective as literary satire? Why or why not?
Rousseau suggests that “all humans should be forced to be free.” What does this mean? Do you agree?
Examine the interface between liberty (as Enlightenment writers perceived it) and women’s rights. Did Enlightenment thinkers perceive women as possessing natural rights?
