Study Questions

"An Essay on Man"
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Some main questions  (not the only questions) 

Lines 1-34 What is the purpose and perspective of the work?  
Lines 35-76 What premises does Pope state to establish the argument? 
Lines 77-112 What is the function of human limitation?
Lines 113-140 What is the trap of pride? 
Lines 141-172 How does Providence order events? 
Lines 173-206 How does Providence create a natural balance? 
Lines 207-232 How is the chain of being structured? 
Lines 233-258 What is the function of the chain of being? 
Lines 259-280 Thus, what is man’s relationship to God? 
Lines 281-end How does this section sum up the entire argument of Epistle 1? 

The first person who volunteers in class to recite from memory the closing lines of Epistle I (starting from "All nature is but art unknown to thee") will get 5 points extra credit.

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