Satire On Swift's Modest Proposal
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This 5 page essay is a satirical replication of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal with the exception that the proposal is to provide the modern city with an end to public drunkenness and a certain number of homeless indigents. An idyllic center for the voluntary euthanasia of elderly alcoholics is proposed.
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Freedom and Responsibility, As Defined By Jefferson, Thoreau, M.L. King & Swift
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A 5 page paper which examines how freedom and its responsibility have been defined throughout history by Thomas Jefferson in the 'Declaration of Independence,' Henry David Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience,' Martin Luther King's 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail,' and Jonathan Swift's satirical 'A Modest Proposal.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Rationalism and the Houyhnhnms in Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”
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A ten page paper showing how Jonathan Swift, through his characterization of the passionless, horse-like Houyhnhnms, satirized the Rationalists of his own day. The paper argues that in trying to emulate the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver is cutting himself off from his own species, just as pure rationalists cut themselves off from their own hearts. Bibliography lists eight sources.
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Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' / Land of the Houyhnhnms
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A 5 page paper that considers a comparison between the societal and political structures of 18th century England with the satirical representation of the Land of the Houyhnhnms. No additional sources cited.
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Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'
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A 5 page paper that describes the importance of Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput as a basis for the other voyages in the story. This paper explores the political irony, the emotions and reactions expressed by Gulliver and the way in which the physical and intellectual are contrasted and the way that these important themes are developed through the relationship between the first book and the subsequent voyages. No additional sources cited.
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