What is the aim of The Spectator?

In its aim to “enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality,” The Spectator adopted a fictional method of presentation through a “Spectator Club,” whose imaginary members extolled the authors’ own ideas about society.

What qualities in the spectators make it an informal essay?

There is a solid structure to the essays but they are loose and entertaining; not a lot of technical terms or calls to action. The essays, although they have structure, they are not as dependent upon the accepted academic rules required for formal writing. The essays also contain slang, colloquialisms and humor.

How does The Spectator describe Sir Roger de Coverley?

Sir Roger de Coverley is a 56 year gentleman of Worcestershire and the first member of The Spectator Club. Though he is an aged man, he is very cheerful, gay and hearty and has a good house both in town and in country. He is a baronet.

How does The Spectator describe himself?

Spectator is a gentleman who takes pleasure in looking at life from a distance without getting involved in its action. He is shy and reserved but he is unobtrusive and can mix with any company.

How can you say that the character of spectator reflects the personality of Addison?

The portrait of Spectator is very close to the real life of Addison. Addison was well travelled man with a good education and a reputation of having applied himself hard to his studies. He was also a shy and reserved man able to converse freely, and brilliantly, only in a company which was familiar to him.

Who are the eminent English jurists mentioned by Steele in his essay The Spectator club?

Steele describes six of the members of the Club they are Sir Roger de Coverley, Captain Sentry, Sir Andrew Freeport, Will Honeycomb, the Clergyman and the Student of Law.

What type of man is Sir Roger and what is Spectator Club?

How would you describe the role of imagination based on Addison’s writings?

Addison’s central goal in “Pleasures of the Imagination” is to harness the imagination to improve society. He defines the imagination as a sort of effortless contemplation, an immediate “assent to the beauty of an object” (482). Such pleasures do not require wealth or education to access, he points out.