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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...

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...

How Women Are Treated in the Writings of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how the social irony of women's treatment shine through in 'A Modest Proposal' by J...

Definition of Satire

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

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...

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...

Female Gender Roles in the Writings of Jonathan Swift

takes on the tone of condescension and intolerance for the manner in which women have historical been portrayed. Swifts interest ...

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...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and the Impact of the Outsider

In five pages this paper examines how the outsider impacts Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Three sources are cited in the b...

Literature and Social Injustice

In four pages this paper examines how social injustice is represented in William Blake's poetry, 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan S...

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...

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 ...

Enlightenment and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

have consumed the island and its resources, it could pursue a useful policy for dealing with Irish children by butchering them and...

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 ...

'Enlightened' Satire of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...

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...

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 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 ...

Endangered Species Northern Swift Fox

grasses and berries (The Swift Fox). Early spring marks the breeding season, at which point the female will give birth to between...

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...

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...

A World Literature Philosophy Symposium

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

Sociopolitical A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

In ten pages this paper examines how Swift examined England and Ireland in his writings with the sociopolitical A Modest Proposal ...

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. ...

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...

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 ...