World Masterpeuices
Essay title: World Masterpeuices
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, Enlightenment author and greatest comic dramatist of all times
Jean-Jaques Rousseau, philosopher, novelist, composer, language and music theorist, and single most important Enlightenment writer
Act I
SCENE 1. Moliere and Rousseau are up in heaven
R: Hey Moliere is that you?
M: Yes, may I ask your name again?
R: Yeah its Rousseau.
M: Ah, its been a long time since Ive seen you. Sorry, my memory doesnt always serve me right anymore.
R: No, youve never met me before. I just remember learning about you back when I was on earth.
M: Oh, youre Rousseau, the Romantic writer, not to mention many other hobbies. Yes Ive heard about you. Speaking of earth, things are really screwed up nowadays. Have you seen what Im talking about?
R: Yes indeed. As a matter of fact, I was just going to check out the telescopes.
M: Oh really, I havent been there in a while.
R: Yeah, you want to join me?
M: Sure, might as well.
SCENE 2. Moliere and Rousseau at the telescopes
R: Theres a couple right over here we can use.
M: What do you want to look at?
R: Lets check out this World Masterpiece class where theyre talking about me right now.
M: Sounds good to me.
R: I cant believe that. Out of all of my great literature they picked Confessions to read. That was a piece of crap I wrote just to get a few things off my chest and theyre hailing it as a World Masterpiece?
M: Well, at least theyre reading some of your work.
R: Whopptie doo! Why dont they have the students read some of my real masterpieces like The Social Contract or Discourse on Inequality?
M: I dont know, why dont they?
R: Havent you read any of my works?
M: Sorry, after leaving earth and coming to this paradise, I figured it was best to stay away from anymore earthly influence.
R: Well yes, youve got a point there. But my point is that students arent reading my really good literature, like the two I mentioned earlier, for a reason.
M: And what might that be?
R: Its simple, the public school systems are set up and funded(poorly) by the government. Trust me they dont want every college student reading The Social Contract or Discourse on Inequality. Theyd have every supposed “highly educated” person in America trying to overthrow the current and long-standing government.
M: Ah, I see quite clearly now.
R: Do you really?
M: Yes of course, the government, while getting paid by these students to for education, is at the same time choosing very wisely what to teach its pupils so as to make them a more ideal citizen and better property of the State.
R: Yes, thats it exactly. And did you know that the whole American public school system was heavily influenced by my teaching philosophies?
M: Really, so theyll use your educational ideas but they wont let the kids read your best pieces of work.
R: You catch on quick.
M: Dont get me wrong Rousseau, I may be known for making fun of people, but I can do more than make jokes.
R: Im not doubting you old-timer.
M: Who you calling old timer?
R: You came here a hundred and some odd years before I did.
M: True but whats one hundred earth years in heaven.
R: Okay, so youre not that old, but youre still older than me. By the way, how did you get to leave earth in the first place?
M: I burst a blood vessel, how about you?
R: I dont know really? Natural causes I guess.