What is a historian trying to understand when examining a historical figures point of view?

Their personal view. They're trying to re-live their lives.amd get the real experience. If that person was out in the freezing rain, they would try to understand why, when, and how long would he do that for. Hope this helped!

•an essay

•a mock-heroic epic  

•deals with cannibalism  

•introduces “sylphs” as guardian spirits  

•not a satire  

•written by daniel defoe

•written by alexander pope

•written by jonathan swift  

•criticizes the exploration of ireland  

•criticizes impulsive nature  

•criticizes the english upper class  

•playful tone  

•remorseful tone

•matter-of-fact tone  

“the rap of the lock”   written by alexander pope.

“a modest proposal”