Summary of the sir Roger at church: a satire
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Joseph Addison’s essay Sir Roger at Church is about a unique individual named Roger. Addison begins the essay by saying that the observance of Sunday as a holy day keeps mankind civilised and polished. On Sundays people are at their very best. They appear clean and talk to other people on boring topics. Just like a merchant discusses exchange rates, the Parish people discuss the affairs of the parish.
Sir Roger has spent a lot of money on the church and continues to do so. Most of the parishioners are his tenants and he has a degree of control over them. Sir Roger employs a singer to help them sing their hymns in church properly. This has dramatically improved the services at the church.
However Roger has many peculiarities. He often falls asleep during the service, but would not allow anyone else to sleep while the service is going on. Another habit of his is to continue singing even when everyone else has stopped. He also continues saying Amen multiple times if he is satisfied with his piety. While everybody else kneels in the church, he stands to count the number of people to find out who is absent. The chaplain of the church has no issues with Sir Roger as he provides money for the improvement of the church.
However in the nearby village, things are not that smooth. The parson (priest) and the squire (similar to a landlord like Sir Roger) have many differences of opinion and hence the squire does not come to church. He also prevents his tenants from going to church or contributing any money to it. Neither the parson, nor the squire are ready to settle their issues. Addison says that these kinds of feuds affect the ordinary people in parishes in the countryside.
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The main aim was to reform the society and it was Addison's task “to enliven morality with wit; and to temper wit with morality.” He satirises the vanity of the society but he is very careful Page 7 and mild in his satire and, unlike Pope or Dryden, he is never personal in his attack, his mission being to correct the
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