Essay Archive - The Marquis de Sade's Attitude Towards Women
The Marquis de Sade's Attitude Towards Women
The Marquis de Sade was an author in France in the late 1700s. His works
were infamous in their time, giving Sade a reputation as an adulterer, a
debaucher, and a sodomite. One of the more common misrepresentations
concerning Sade was his attitude toward women. His attitude was shown in his
way of life and in two of his literary characters, Justine and Julliette.
The Marquis de Sade was said to be the first and only philosopher of vice
because of his atheistic and sadistic activities. He held the common woman in
low regard. He believ....
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