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Essays 331 - 360
of irony ("Literature" PG). Swift emphasizes the horrible poverty found in eighteenth-century Ireland as he ironically proposes th...
various and sundry obscurities that represent such a supposedly functional society to realize that this was yet another of the aut...
In five pages this leadership evaluation of Chinese Emperor K'ang-hsi as presented in Professor Spence's text also assesses his mo...
In five pages this paper examines how Swift employs distortions in this satirical work in terms of offering deeper insights into t...
In five pages Spence's portrayal of culture in Europe and China is discussed. There are no other source listed....
In five pages this paper examines how Swift satirizes his functional changes in these books with a consideration of sociology and ...
In five pages these tellers of tales are compared. There are no other sources listed....
This 14 page essay reviews Harr's popular book examining his narrative style and outlining the main points that are covered. An e...
Gulliver travels to Lilliput, where the normal-sized man is regarded as a circus freak by the six-inch Lilliputians. They cant fi...
of Belindas bedroom, and how Ariel, her guardian sylph, awakens her. Pope describes the other sylphs that also guard Belinda and t...
Laureate whose job it was to provide annual New Years and birthday poems. It was considered to be a competition, and obviously a c...
1931). The Lilliputians are also petty and small-minded, easily susceptible to corruption and think nothing of going to war over ...
considers himself to be a far more civilised specimen of the human race than the Yahoos, he cannot deny that their way of life is ...
authentic reports of Chinese culture. As it turns out, however, Polos accounts are marred with self-aggrandizing elements that cl...
all. He knew that writing a political text lamenting the plight of the poor would generate little interest, so in "A Modest Propo...
In five pages this paper examines the author's masterful uses of irony, satire, and shock in his criticism of British greed and Ir...
In five pages this paper discusses the author's use of irony in the essay 'A Modest Proposal.' One source is cited in the bibliog...
In seven pages social problems and American family failure are considered in a comparative analysis of Kozol's Amaziing Grace and ...
In five pages Part IV of Gulliver's Travels is analyzed in a discussion of the social ideal represented by the Houyhnhnms. Two so...
In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...
In five pages this research paper discusses Spence's text in an examination of how the author presents the Chinese historical peri...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...
"The Woman Who Walked Into Walls" by Roddy Doyle. The Complexity of Families Today In Coontzs book many different families ar...
In 5 pages this paper discusses Swift's satirical depiction of Anglo Irish landlord and Irish peasant tenant relations in A Modest...
intent of exploiting its people, resources, or land. This definition fairly well characterizes the attitude with which the British...
In ten pages this paper examines how Swift examined England and Ireland in his writings with the sociopolitical A Modest Proposal ...
the liberalism that they felt had betrayed them. "The lessons of Canarsie are critical ingredients for a revitalized liberalism th...
In three pages Rev. Edwards' ecclesiastical focus is compared and contrasted with Franklin's individual focuses in their autobiogr...
In a paper consisting of six pages the notorious sermon delivered by New England based clergyman Edwards in 1741 entitled 'Sinners...
In five pages this paper discusses the argument the author makes within the context of inequities in U.S. public school funding. ...