32. Restoration

Question 1

What is restoration about?

Answer 1

About replacement rather than restoration.

Question 2

What happened to the political system during Restoration?

Answer 2

Monarchy got replaced by parliamentary system: Whigs and Tories parties, which were in the hands of Prime Minister.

Question 3

What happened to the values during Restoration?

Answer 3

It replaced Renaissance values. It relies on reason and facts rather than speculations.

Question 4

What can you say about the society during the Restoration period?

Answer 4

It’s Protestant and focuses on self-interest and stability after 1660.

Question 5

What’s “Bloodless” revolutation about?

Answer 5

About overthrowing James II in 1688.

Question 6

What happened after upheavals of Commonwealth?

Answer 6

A strong affirmation of religion and return to traditional beliefs.

Question 7

What is “Paradise Lost” about? Who’s the author?

Answer 7

The author is Milton. The work is more about God’s supremacy, not about free will and freedom.

Question 8

What’s the 18th century is known for? List everything you remember.

Answer 8

Industrial/Agrarian Revolution;
Rise of novels;
Increase of literary criticism, establishment of what is accepted or not;
Theatre has increasing support;
Decline in the reputation of the contemporary drama;
Attraction to primitive, exotic, fantastic;
Pride in England as the land of liberty, ahead of France;

Question 9

Who’s England’s greatest rival?

Answer 9

France, in political maturity.