{"id":11899,"date":"2024-02-16T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/commentary-on-equianos-the-interesting-life-hobbes-leviathan-and-lockes-second-treatise-of-government\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:33:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:33:11","slug":"commentary-on-equianos-the-interesting-life-hobbes-leviathan-and-lockes-second-treatise-of-government","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/commentary-on-equianos-the-interesting-life-hobbes-leviathan-and-lockes-second-treatise-of-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary on Equiano\u2019s The Interesting Life, Hobbes\u2019 Leviathan, and Locke\u2019s Second Treatise of Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a <\/span>commentary essay assignment <\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>Download commentary essay assignment<\/span><\/a><\/span>that prioritizes textual analysis. You are required to extract, explain, connect, and evaluate ideas from the assigned texts (see the \u201cRubric for Argumentative Essays\u201d handout on Canvas, but keep in mind that commentary essays do not require a full argument nor a counterargument). <\/p>\n

Answer the question in 3 to 5 pages\u2014it can be done in 4, especially if you don\u2019t rely on long quotations. Keep your introduction concise and avoid fluff throughout the paper. You should use the technical vocabulary from the texts and the lectures and directly connect your analysis and criticisms to key passages from the works. This paper is worth 20% of your final grade.<\/p>\n

You must also use an academic style (e.g., Chicago or MLA) for your citations and works cited page. Likewise, quotations must be accompanied by citations. Citations indicate the author, title, and page number of the quote. Keep in mind that citations are distinct from quotations and can be used on their own to back up your claims about the text. Instead of being over-reliant on quotations, use citations to back up your major claims. See USF Library\u2019s \u201cCiting Sources\u201d guidelines: <\/span>https:\/\/guides.usfca.edu\/citing-sources.<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This assignment aims to get you to think about the ideas in Equiano\u2019s <\/span>The Interesting Life<\/em>, Hobbes\u2019 <\/span>Leviathan<\/em>, and Locke\u2019s <\/span>Second Treatise of Government<\/em>. I want you to reflect deeply and critically about their ideas, arguments, narratives, and social and political projects. In this essay, you will write about Hobbes\u2019 and Locke\u2019s ideas of the state of nature and war, natural law, and natural rights and relate them to Equiano\u2019s criticisms of slavery. This is a philosophical essay, not a historical or sociological one, so focus on the ideas and their value, coherency, and consistency.<\/p>\n

This is a short essay. Don\u2019t overload it. Deliberately select the key ideas that you need and want to discuss. Write a coherent and cohesive essay that smoothly segues from your answer to the first portion of the assignment, which is extractive and explanative, to the second, which is relational, to the third, which is evaluative:<\/p>\n

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  1. <\/strong>Extract and Explain<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hobbes, in the <\/span>Leviathan<\/em>, <\/span><\/em>and Locke, in the <\/span>Second Treatise<\/em>, offer distinct justifications for political power. Their respective ideas of the \u201cstate of nature\u201d and what it leads plays a central role in their justifications. Extract and explain their respective views of the state of nature. Pay particular attention to their account\u2019s assumptions, content, and implications.<\/p>\n

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    1. <\/strong>Connect<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Equiano argued against slavery in chapter 5 of his <\/span>The<\/em> <\/span>Interesting Life. <\/span><\/em>In that argument, he used ideas directly connected to Hobbes\u2019 and Locke\u2019s accounts of the state of nature. Relate their ideas by connecting, contrasting, and comparing them.<\/p>\n

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      1. <\/strong>Evaluate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        What is your reaction to the ideas discussed above? Draw out the core meaning and values of the ideas they share. Is there something there that has enduring value?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        This is a commentary essay assignment  Download commentary essay assignmentthat prioritizes textual analysis. You are required to extract, explain, connect, and evaluate ideas from the assigned texts (see the \u201cRubric for Argumentative Essays\u201d handout on Canvas, but keep in mind that commentary essays do not require a full argument nor a counterargument).  Answer the question in 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[56],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=11899"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=11899"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=11899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}