Synthesis Conclusion

Synthesis Conclusion:
Conclusion: As we can see, the sources show us that during the Enlightenment period money was very important. It shows that during the time people would do merely anything for money, even force their children into arranged marriages or, as Voltaire suggest satirically, sell them as a food source. Parents or even the brides and grooms themselves would arranged marriages for economic gain. This was not always the case. We have learned from She Stoops to Conquer that, although rare some marriages were based on love. The modern source shows that over time some things have changed but some things will always be the same. The political cartoons show us that money is still an important factor for us. The way the economy works is different, though. In the older days people tried to improve the economic condition as a whole, now it seems like everyone is competing against one another. The other thing that is different now is the fact that we value education less. During the Restoration period knowledge was view as very important. The Value of Knowledge and George Knapton’s painting taught us that people saw education as the way to achieve success and gain wealth. Now we keep cutting our education budgets, limiting our children’s ability to gain knowledge. This effects their economic careers in the future. The debate of this period shed lights on the many problems in today’s society. After looking at the Marriage Settlement we see that we need to actually think about who we marry. We have to ask ourselves do they really love us or just love the perks. Also it shows us that we need to start valuing our education because as we have seen from the Value of Knowledge, those who treasure education succeed and lie good lives. We need to learn that the only way to produce wealth or maintain a good quality of life is to be educated. Although this synthesis sheds light on the problems, in this debate there are arguments that are more persuasive. In the argument about money and marriage, it seen that people should see money as more important in their lives because it determines how they live and how they are treated in society. With marriage, people are persuaded think about money more than love because these people have already been taught that money is one the most important things in life. We have already seen that is the Marriage Settlement the bride is being persuaded into marrying the groom. Lastly, we can see that the argument that knowledge is valuable is more persuasive because it promises that as people gain more knowledge their wealth will increase. George Knapton has already painted a picture showing us how the educated live great lives and are more wealthy, and as we have seen during the enlightenment period money is very important to people.

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