The Character of Crusoe

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Critically Analyze The
Character of Crusoe
SOLANKI CHIRAGKUMAR K
MA SEM : 1
ROLL NUM : 3
Enrolment No : 2069108420180049
BANCH : 2017-19
Submitted To : Department Of English,
MKBU

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INTRODUCTION
 'Robinson Crusoe' is a 18th century novel by Daniel Defoe.
 It is an adventure story of the character Robinson Crusoe.
 Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, and spy.
 Defoe published his first novel, “Robinson Crusoe”
 Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), written when he was
in his late fifties.
1660-1731

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Robinson Crusoe
 Robinson Crusoe is a youth of about 18
years old who lives in hull England.
 His father wants him to be a lawyer but he
wants to be a sea voyager.
 He disregards he fact that his two older
brother are gone because of their need for
adventure.
 His father tells him to choose the safer way
but he ignores. He ran away with a friend
and secures free passage to London

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 Robinson Crusoe is not only an adventure story but also a moral tale.
 Robinson remains on the island for 27 years.
 After arriving at Island, he remains aware of his own self.
 He turns from his external social world to inward.
 The idea of the calculation of his own soul or self awareness is important
which Defoe follows throughout his life.
 The beginning of the book deals with the struggle with not society but his
parents expectations.
 Crusoe needs more remorse. He believes that his major sin is his rebellious
behaviour toward his father, which he thinks as his “original sin”.

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The Relationship Between Robinson Crusoe
And Friday
 Crusoe names the man he meets, he calls him
Friday
 Friday is drawn by the narrator as non-white man.
 There is a clear master-slave element to their
relationship.
 The personalities of Friday and Crusoe are
contrasts when Friday meets his father. Crusoe
also motivates him.
 He also loves Friday, which is a remarkable.
 Crusoe only expresses his love for him, not for
sister, wife, brothers or parents. It suggests the
appeal of Friday’s personality.