The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Must We Burn Sade?

• "Must we Burn Sade?" is a response to the writings of Sade written by Simone de Beauvoir that seeks to place Sade properly among the great figures of literature.

• His greatness is not found in his technical writing according to the author.

• Sade becomes compelling only when he tries to reconcile these two parts of himself.

• De Beauvoir provides a brief biography of Sade from what is known about his life, which is very little.

• She ascribes to him the basic background that other men of his social and financial background would have had during his lifetime.

• As an aristocrat, she assumes he is cultured, but also indulgent of his sexual desires, keeping a mistress and visiting brothels.

• He conforms to the social expectations that attend his position, such as accepting an arranged wife he does not love.

• She theorizes that Sade and other...

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