Question

Which Enlightenment idea is reflected in both Satan in John Milton's Paradise Lost and Daniel Defoe's character of Robinson Crusoe?

a absolutism
b the noble savage
c deism
d liberalism

Answer 1

I will go with b. Noble Savage. This is all about rebellion in put in a situation you don’t want to be in. Both Crusoe and Satan were put in their own isolation. Each reacts to his situation in his own way. Satan retaliates by tempting Adam and Eve and Crusoe is striving to survive in the environment he finds himself in.