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Behavior That is Rational vs. Irrational

Jason was only seeking his own gratification. He wanted to have it all. His intent was to gain both power and social standing by...

Socrates' Observation 'The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living'

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

A Satirical Solution to a Crisis of Day Care

In an essay consisting of five pages that uses A Model Proposal by Jonathan Swift as a paper model the writer facetiously asserts ...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, the Houyhnhnms and Rationalism

In 10 pages this paper examines the statement regarding rationalists author Jonathan Swift was making in his portrayal of the Houy...

Waterland by Graham Swift and Setting

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of setting to the history presented in Waterland by Graham Swift. There are no ...

Book Four of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

alarming realization that he more appropriately mirrored a Yahoo as opposed to a Houyhnhnms serves ass the beginning of Gullivers ...

Literary Examples of Desire and Reason

In five pages this research paper examines how literature portrays the conflict between reason and desire in a consideration of Ut...

Literary Geography of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In six pages this paper analyzes the complex literary geography that comprises Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Five sources ...

4 Works of Literature and the Themes of Exploitation and Power

In eight pages this paper discusses exploitation followed by power renewal in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, Continental Dri...

Voyages in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper analyzes the Lilliput voyage's significance in terms of cementing the foundation for the other voyages fe...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Poet Thomas Gray's Life and Poetry

In seven pages this paper examines 18th century poet Thomas Gray's life, his profound poetic influence in his lifetime and his swi...

Two Types of Western Irony in the Works of Joseph Conrad and Jonathan Swift

In twenty pages this paper discusses two types of Western literary irony and how each is represented in the works of Jonathan Swif...

The Use of Dialect by Swift, Blake and Conrad

Joseph Conrad's use of dialect and other literary techniques was influenced by many writers who came before. This paper links his ...

A World Literature Philosophy Symposium

In eight pages an imaginary symposium discusses the dichotomies of the individual versus society, passion versus reason and featur...

Summarizing A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

In three pages this essay presents a summary and examination of the major points featured in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. ...

Reason and Different Views

In five pages reason as incorporated into the satire of plays by Moliere, Pope, and Swift are compared with classical heroic views...

Jonathan Swift's Satire in A Tale of the Tub, The Battle of the Books, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travel

In a discussion of these texts consisting of eight pages this paper analyzes the satire of Jonathan Swift. Four sources are cited...

Satire in Books One, Two, and Four of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper examines how Swift satirizes his functional changes in these books with a consideration of sociology and ...

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...

Literature and the Transition from Middle Ages Feudalism to the Industrial Era

is filled with allegorical references to the time of chivalry and has been described as an allegorical epic. As outlined in the i...

Directions for a Birth Day Song by Jonathan Swift and Irony

Laureate whose job it was to provide annual New Years and birthday poems. It was considered to be a competition, and obviously a c...

Definition of Satire

science using comic motifs borrowed from writer such as Rabelais, Shakespeare, and Swift (Cook, 1995). The student researching thi...

An 18th Century Authors' Overview

is just one example, but he is still an example of a writer who characterized a generation. Swifts humor and sarcasm demonstrates ...

Truth in the Works of Saint Augustine of Hippo and Jonathan Swift

on to reflect that the skins of women at home appear beautiful because we cannot see these small defects under normal circumstance...

Social Critics Jonathan Swift and Voltaire

night and day" (Voltaire 102). A great physician, Hermes, is called in. The famous doctor comments that if it had been Zadigs righ...

Seventeenth Century Spain's Decline

a modest decline from such a high could be defined as decline (Luck, 2002). Furthermore, it is the nature of Empires to rise and ...

Description in Part 4 of Gulliver's Travels

can bring himself to sit at the same table with his wife. Swift sets the stage for making this reaction from Gulliver believable ...

Enlightenment and the Literature of Voltaire, Moliere, and Jonathan Swift

In two pages this research paper discusses how the Age of Reason is reflected in Candide by Voltaire, Tartuffe by Moliere, and Gul...

The Use of Satire by Jonathan Swift and George Orwell

the animals story follows exactly that of the two men: At first Snowball is Napoleons trusted companion; soon he becomes a rival; ...