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CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
Volume: 03 Issue: 04 | April 2022
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ISSN: 2660-6828
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women are convertable at all, since they are only beholding to natural parts for all their knowledge. Their
youth is spent to teach them to stitch and sew, or make baubles. They are taught to read indeed, and perhaps to
write their names, or so, and that is the height of a woman’s education ”[4]. - I thought that our country is one
of the most civilized and developed Christian countries in the world. But we have denied that women are
enlightened. Nevertheless, from an early age, they aspired to sewing, reading, and literacy to the point of
writing their name. (Translated by us - U.S.)
Through these ideas, Defoe acknowledged that women’s intelligence, abilities, are no less than men’s, that
women are also a part of society, and that they too have the right to education. Defoe opposes the ignorance of
women: “Women, what prevents girls from becoming educated? Why weren't women allowed to be educated?
” raises questions such as. “The capacities of women are supposed to be greater and their senses are quicker
than those of the men; and what they might be capable of being bred to is plain from some instances of female
wit which this age is not without, which upbraids us with injustice, and looks as if we denied women the
advantages of education for fear they should vie with the men in their improvements. To remove this
objection, and that women might have at least a needful opportunity of education in all sorts of useful
learning, I propose the draft of an academy for that purpose ”. - Women have more opportunities than men
and they are emotionally rich. Men were afraid to argue with women and rejected the benefits of education for
women. [5]
With this, Defoe challenged those who hold the narrow view that "if women are educated, if they are
educated, they will ignore men and women will dominate society." According to the author, women's
education is important not only for themselves, but also in the upbringing of their families, nationalities and
children. If a woman is a fozila, the future of the children will be stable. The role of enlightened mothers in
the education of the child, in his development into a perfect person in society is invaluable. Defoe also
describes knowledgeable and well-behaved women as follows: “A woman well-bred and well-taught,
furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behavior, is a creature without comparison;
her society is the emblem of sublime enjoyments; her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly; she is
all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight; she is every way suitable to the sublimes wish, and
the man that has such a one to his portion has nothing to do but to rejoice in her, and be thankful ”. - A well-
educated and enlightened woman is a unique creature. He is a part of society. An enlightened woman is a
symbol of love, intelligence and all good wishes. He who attains such enlightenment should be content with
his life and be thankful. [6]
While defending the rights of women, Defoe acknowledges that the owners of this delicate creation deserve
high respect.
An expression of Daniel Defoe's views on the Enlightenment can also be seen in his work, Moll Flenders,
which praises women. Defoe's protagonist, Moll Flenders, was born in Newgate Prison. She is the epitome of
a woman who was a housewife for 12 years, married 5 times, stole 12 times, was exiled to Virginia for 8
years, but in the last years of her life she repented and chose the right path.
In the eyes of the reader, in the process of getting acquainted with the events of the work, in the eyes of the
reader, the ways of life, successes and failures of Moll are revealed. Because of his unhappy family
background, Moll suffers many blows of fate. This was because he was the child of an immoral mother and
the environment in which he lived was unhealthy. Although Moll realizes how low the society in which he
lives is, he cannot oppose it, and he himself becomes a member of this spiritually poor society.
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