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The Part IV of Gulliver’s Travels Verges on Tragedy, Discuss

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Swift’s satirical masterpiece Gulliver’s Travels ridicules English politics, the judicial system, and religious disputes. No doubt, but it is also a satire of humanity in general. A satirical work possesses some comic elements by exposing the follies, absurdities, and faults of human beings in a humorous manner. Though Gulliver’s Travels has some comic elements, its somber mood … Read more

Swift’s Satirical Technique in the Book IV of “Gulliver’s Travels”

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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