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A 5 page paper which examines the
use of satire in Jonathan Swift’s novel “Gulliver’s Travels.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Travels). On one hand it is a clearly just an entertaining story to some, but on the other hand, when one knows something of the political period and place one
can better understand how much of the novel is nothing but satire as it addresses Swifts homeland and the land of others. In the following paper we examine the satire
present in Swifts work novel "Gullivers Travels." Gullivers Travels and Satire "In part one of the novel, a ships surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver, is shipwreaked and finds himself on
the island of Lilliput, the inhabitants all being only six inches high. This section is great satire of English politics and wars" as we find that the "Royal ponp, feuds
amongst the populace, and wars are made to look ridiculous" (Gullivers Travels). In more fully understanding some of this perspective one author also examines the satire involved in the story
concerning the Lilliputs: ""In part 1, chapter 5 of Gullivers Travels (1726), Gulliver saves the Lilliputian emperors palace from destruction by urinating on the fire threatening to consume her Imperial
Majestys Apartment.(1) The Rabelaisian joke has often been deciphered in the light of early eighteenth-century topicality" (Morvan 219). Another author notes that, "One of the important instruments that Swift uses
to create the satiric effect is emphasizing the similarities between Lilliputians and his own compatriots. (Borovaia149). However, at the same time it "it allows Swift to expose princely ingratitude
and the absurdity of legal formalism, since, for all his opportune and commendable resourcefulness, Gulliver finds himself guilty of lese majesty. The English visitor would be in peril of his
life, were it not for the sovereigns condescending and highly ambiguous leniency" (Morvan 219). It becomes obvious when reading his work that there is a clear sense of the
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