Dangerous Liaisons: An Analysis

The epistolary form has helped change the writing game because of how in-depth a letter can be, and the epistolary form changes the view on how letter has to be used because most people see letters as being used for romantic and destruction plans. For years, people have used letters to inform people about information and events because they did not have another type of communication techniques to get information to a person fast enough during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the novel, Dangerous Liaisons, Lacolos use the letters in his novel to create a sense of destruction and manipulation by using letters as a weapon. Lacolos’ characters pass letter back and forth until everything falls apart when the reveal of how bad letter

You should attempt to talk less about what you think and more about what the person you are writing to will wish to hear” (Lacolos, 258). Marquise teaches Valmont how to make sure his letters are manipulating, so he does not fall in love with one of his prizes. Lacolos usage of letters in the novel helps with the romance and destruction parts of the novel. Just as letters can be used for romantic purposes, the epistolary form is used in the New Testament of the Bible. The Epistles in the New Testament is traced about to the Carcopino dates, especially for the Saint Paul’s letters. The Epistles have played a huge part in the formation of doctrine and Christianity’s theology because the Epistles are written to talk about God’s Promises. Saint Paul has written thirteen epistles to talk about the relationship with salvation and how Christians should live their lives based on Christianity, but a critic believe Saint Paul wrote the epistles for a different reason. R. L. Archer explains how the epistolary form has changed the Christian