The Book IV of Gulliver’s Travels is one of the most savage and terrible indictments of humankind. The clarity and force of Swift’s style are everywhere apparent in this book. In Gulliver’s Travels, Swift exposes intense hatred of humankind. Such hatred is nothing but the reverse side of love. The degradation, Swift’s vileness to man, could not … Read more
Many commentators agree in the belief that The Tempest is the last creation of Shakespeare. I will readily believe it. There is in The Tempest the solemn tone of a testament. Victor Hugo, A 19th century French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. [Literariness.org] Shakespeare’s The Tempest has been variously interpreted as a romantic comedy, a comedy … Read more
Blake has often been described to be the “Precursor of Romanticism.” The Romantic poets of the nineteenth century struck a note of protest against conventional literature and social injustices. Having written immediately preceding the Age of Romanticism, Blake paved the way for them, at least for Wordsworth, Shelley, and Byron. Although his voice against the … Read more
“A dark picture of political institutions and manners” has been presented in Gulliver’s Travels by the supreme satirist of English literature, Jonathan Swift, based on his practical experience in politics and politicians. His experience had shown him the hidden springs of power and the part played by corruption and intrigue. Gulliver’s Travels throws the light of superior and … Read more
One of the most prominent and exciting features of As You Like It is the three-fold manner in which Shakespeare presents humor. One can observe in this connection that Shakespeare has employed the word “humor” in a different sense. Humor, as used by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, is a particular individual trait of a person’s character by … Read more
A novel in the form of letters was particularly popular in the eighteenth century. Some of the most famous novels were written in letterforms. Of them, Richardson’s Pamela and Clarissa Harlowe, Smollet’s Humphy Clinscer, and Ronssean’s La Nouvelle Helloise deserve a mention. Even in modern times, novels are written in letters. Of course, the gradual … Read more
Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels, believed that the attribute of man which makes him distinct and elevated from lower animals is his rationality and reason. Therefore, his perspective made him skeptical about the newfound scientific theories that brought a radical change in man’s notion about his place in the cosmos. Swift’s Opposing View … Read more
