Standards Of The Enlightenment Movement

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Nicole, I do not think it is fair to say that "she failed to see herself as an equal to anybody" and treat her as "an example of the lack of enlightenment from the self". In some sense, she is an example of the lack of enlightenment indeed; however, it does not come from herself, but from the society she was living in. Nothing about this situation is her fault; as she says, she was "declared guilty of a crime it [merciless society] alone had committed" (De Duras 29). The Enlightenment movement was supposed to bring equality and justice to everyone; however, women and people of color were left out. Therefore, I do not think we need to evaluate her by the standards of the movement that did not even care about including her. She could not reach

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