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Robinson Crusoe is very practical. The beauty of the island has no appeal to him, he regards the island as his personal property. He is proud to be master of it. He believes in God and in the hand of Providence. In desperate moments he turns to God for help. The other central character is Friday. He is intelligent, generous and skilful. He is portrayed as a kind-hearted man. 3. Defoe’s novels: structure Lack of a coherent plot. Retrospective first-person narration. The author’s point of view coincides with the main character’s. Characters presented through their actions. An act of transgression, of disobedience Robinson shares restlessness with classical heroes of travel literature? His isolation on the island after the shipwreck 4. Robinson Crusoe: the middle-class hero The hero reads the Bible to find comfort and guidance Full of religious references to God, sin, providence, salvation Defoe explores the conflict between economic motivation and spiritual salvation 5. Robinson Crusoe: a spiritual autobiography Robinson organizes a primitive empire The ideal place for Robinson to prove his qualities Not a return to nature, but a chance to exploit and dominate nature 6. Robinson Crusoe: the island 7. Robinson Crusoe: the individual and society but an exaltation of 18th-century England, its ideals of mobility, material productiveness, and individualism The society Robinson creates on the island is not an alternative to Though God is the prime cause of everything, the individual can shape his destiny through action CRUSOE: 1810 EDITION CONTENTS John Milton John Bunyan John Dryden 18th Century Daniel Defoe * ROBIN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POET LAUREATE In 1668, King Charles made him the poet laureate Two years later gave him the post of royal historiographer Combined income of about ￡200 a good sum in those days. HEROIC COUPLETS A verse form widely adopted by the poets of the 18th century. It is a pair of rhyming i