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Food Symbolism in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper examines how food symbolism or anecdotal references provide satire on human suffering in Jonathan Swift's...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

Physical and Moral Evil in Candide by Voltaire

In nine pages this paper discusses the author's use of satire in this analysis of physical and moral evil in Candide. Three sourc...

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang

Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...

Land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this fictitious Houyhnhnms land featured in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is compared with eighteen cen...

Use of Satire in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In three pages this paper compares Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift with Candide by Voltaire in terms of how each author used ...

The New Machiavelli by Alistair McAlpine

In five pages this paper examines the combination of Machiavellian principles and satire in this work by Alistair McAlpine. Two s...

Use of Satire in Satire in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and I Want a Wife by Judy Brady

In 5 pages this paper examines how these authors conveyed their essay meaning through satire. There are no other sources listed....

Aristophanes' and Cervantes' Uses of Satire

a companion, and returns again after a longer lapse of time. In Part Two, he sets out once more, but his journey takes him much f...

Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose

In seven pages 2 questions on any expressed ideology preference and 20th century social satire contained within Umberto Eco's The ...

A Review of Mary Jo Salter's 'Welcome to Hiroshima'

This paper of 5 pages review the poem that brings to life the atrocities of war, and includes a discussion of similes, iron, and t...

Cocksure by Mordecai Richler and Satire

In five pages the 2 levels of satire featured in Cocksure by Mordecai Richler are examined. Three sources are listed in the bibli...

A Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

A 6 page analysis of the societal message being presented in this work. Plot and characters are outlined and the emphasis that th...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Monty Python type social satire that is featured in this classic Spanish novel. Eight sou...

Mosca and Volpone's Relationship in Volpone by Ben Jonson

In 5 pages this analysis of Volpone by Ben Jonson focuses upon the interaction between Mosca and Volpone as well as the author's u...

The Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this research paper examines the 1704 text The Tale of a Tub, a religious satire by Jonathan Swift. Four sources ar...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In five pages this essay examines Lewis's use of humor and satire in his depiction of how people can be led away from a godly path...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

The Golden Age Comedy of Voltaire And Moliere

For many historians, the comedy styles and content of the works of Moliere and Voltaire represent the pinnacle of 18th century Fre...

Uses of Satire in 'Body Rituals of the Nicerema' by Horace Miner and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages these works are contrasted and compared in terms of how each author employed satire. Three sources are cited in the...

'The Flea' by John Donne

In five pages religious satire, the notion of metaphysical conceit, argument, and metaphor are all considered within the context o...

Sphereland and Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

In five pages Abbott's 19th century work is analyzed in terms of its presentation of women as inferior that was meant to serve at ...

Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

In five pages this novel is analyzed in terms of intertextuality and the uses of satire and parody. Eleven sources are cited in t...

Satirical Life View of Jean Shepherd

In five pages this paper discusses how healing can be achieved through satire in an examination of 'Daphne Bigelow and the Spine C...

Literary Analysis of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

various and sundry obscurities that represent such a supposedly functional society to realize that this was yet another of the aut...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Social Satire in 'he Reeve's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In six pages this paper analyzes the ironic satire of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Reeve's Tale.' There are no other sources cited....

'The Miller's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer and Satire

In eight pages this paper examines how Chaucer employs satire to address serious issues in 'The Miller's Tale.' There are 6 sourc...

Satire in Solomon Gursky Was Here and Cocksure by Mordecai Richler

In six pages this report considers how satire is used in these texts by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Seven sources are cited...

Characters of Corin and Adam in William Shakespeare's As You Like It

In five pages the social satire portrayal of these characters and how Shakespeare used them to poke fun at the elite's pretentions...