Write a two page critical analysis on the following topic:

The long eighteenth century in England (roughly 1660-1798) was a period of intense change in the political, social, legal, sexual, religious, economic, and ethnic/racial structures of the nation. All of these changes are reflected in the literature of the period, when literary writers were much more engaged in intense public controversy than they are today. Choose ONE of these areas, or a subset of one of these areas, based upon a pattern you have observed in the texts we read in class. For example, you may be interested in the way social class is discussed, but you may narrow your topic to focus just on the lower classes, or to the family, or even further to just relationships between parents and children, or between men and women, or between husbands and wives. Write a paper in which you describe the pattern you've observed.  Be sure you have a central thesis (a main point you are making), that you raise several sub-points to support your thesis, and that you provide evidence by quoting from the relevant texts. You must quote from the text and give page numbers to receive a passing grade on this analysis.