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In the Garden of Good and Evil: The Love and Punishment of Choderlos de Laclos in Dangerous Liaisons
In the Garden of Good and Evil: The Love and Punishment of Choderlos de Laclos in Dangerous Liaisons
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This is a paper discussing the love and punishment of Choderlos de Laclos and the other villains in the book, Dangerous Liaisons.
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“Scholars have argued whether Les Liaisons Dangereuses was a moral novel exposing the cruelties of human nature and their ultimate downfall or if Choderlos de Laclos had no real motive behind writing the book and simply wanted to create a stir in the world. Some argued that the villains never actually received just punishment because he simply needed a way to end the novel. Victims of such a deceptive fate seek punishment from those who have manipulated them. Sometimes the punishment that would most satisfy the victim is not the most fitting punishment. The punishment may not seem cruel or tortuous enough for the pain they caused, but it is what will shatter the villain’s world. Should the victims desire what would best satiate their need for vengeance or should they want what would most devastate the villain?”
"If we could be contented with being what we are, we should have no inducement to lament our fate; but we inflict on ourselves a thousand real evils in seeking after an imaginary happiness."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Excerpt from the Paper:
“Scholars have argued whether Les Liaisons Dangereuses was a moral novel exposing the cruelties of human nature and their ultimate downfall or if Choderlos de Laclos had no real motive behind writing the book and simply wanted to create a stir in the world. Some argued that the villains never actually received just punishment because he simply needed a way to end the novel. Victims of such a deceptive fate seek punishment from those who have manipulated them. Sometimes the punishment that would most satisfy the victim is not the most fitting punishment. The punishment may not seem cruel or tortuous enough for the pain they caused, but it is what will shatter the villain’s world. Should the victims desire what would best satiate their need for vengeance or should they want what would most devastate the villain?”
"If we could be contented with being what we are, we should have no inducement to lament our fate; but we inflict on ourselves a thousand real evils in seeking after an imaginary happiness."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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