Discuss the Use of Irony and Humor in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Irony presupposes a contrast between appearance and reality. A writer who uses irony is conscious of the incongruity of life. The contrast between illusion and reality, the ideal and the real, the...
Swift’s Satirical Technique in the Book IV of Gulliver’s Travels
The Book IV of Gulliver’s Travels is one of the most savage and terrible indictments of mankind. The clarity and force of Swift’s style are everywhere apparent. In Gulliver, he exposes intense...
Compare and Contrast the Lilliputians and the Emperor with the King of Brobdingnag
“A dark picture of political institutions and manners” has been presented in Gulliver’s Travels by the supreme satirist of English literature, Jonathan Swift. He had practical experience in...
Significance of Jane Austen’s Use of Letters in “Pride and Prejudice”
A novel in the form of letters was particularly popular in the eighteenth century. Some of the most famous novels were written in letter forms. Of them, Richardson’s Pamela and Clarissa Harlowe,...
Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels, believed that the attribute of man which make him distinct and elevated from lower animals are his rationality and reason. Therefore his...
Swift’s Political Satire in Book I and II of Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels has been described to be a great satiric masterpiece. The book was not written to entertain but to indict politicians, scientists, philosophers and Englishmen in general. In Book...
