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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Defoe, Daniel

Defoe, Daniel
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Character Analyses

Robinson Crusoe:

One of the most unusual of fictional characters, Crusoe possesses many of
the contradictions one finds in every man. He is a most adventurous person but
has an extremely conservative, cautious side also. Against the advice of his
father, and his better judgment, he agrees to go to sea, risking his life
continually even after narrow escapes from shipwreck and pirates. Yet, once
upon his island, he takes pains to protect himself from the wild beasts and
the elements. He sleeps in a tree the first night, the proceeds ...

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