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Wednesday 26 April 2017

JOHNATHAN SWIFT GULLIVERS TRAVELS




Swift has been charged with misanthropy. Uphold or refute the charge with concrete evidence from his works, especially, "Gulliver's Travels".

 Political satire in the first two parts of Gulliver's Travels is interesting as well as instructive. Elaborate.

From your reading of Gulliver's Travels what impression have you formed of Swift's attitude towards mankind? Would you describe him as a misanthrope?

Swift was the greatest satirist in an age of satire". Elaborate with special reference to the first two voyages of "Gulliver's Travels".

 His satire grows more and more bitter as Swift progresses from book to book of his 'Gulliver's Travels'. Discuss.

 Swift devised a prose style that suited his purpose very well. Elaborate with special reference to his Gulliver's Travels.

Swift is not a reformer but a demolisher. Discuss with reference to his works, especially 'Gulliver's Travels'.

 Swift's Travel to Laputa my or may not be stillbirth but it contains, the same flair and the same flame as the rest of 'Gulliver's Travels'. Elaborate.

What are the literary techniques Swift draws upon to downscale man and his achievements?

A satirist is a perfectionist. Discuss with reference to Swift

Which part of the voyage in "Gulliver's Travels" is interesting to you and why?

Write a comprehensive note on different satirical devices used by Swift in Gulliver's Travels.

Write a detailed appraisal of Swift's versatility as a satirist as revealed in Gulliver's Travels.

Would you agree with the opinion that the first three parts of Gulliver's Travels show Gulliver's degeneration while the fourth part shows his regeneration? Give evidence from the text to prove or disapprove.

Produce evidence from Gulliver's Travels, especially Book IV to prove of disprove that Swift was a misanthrope.

 Compare and contrast the prose style of Bacon and Swift.

 How far would the lot of humanity have changed if men had adopted absolute rationality of Houyhnhnms? Discuss with reference to 'Gulliver's Travels'.

 Arguing from your study of 'Gulliver's Travels', discuss Swift as a wounded moralist who never forgave the world.

Swift devised a prose style that suited his purpose very well. Elaborate with special reference to his Gulliver's Travels.

 His satire grows more and more bitter as Swift progresses from book to book of his 'Gulliver's Travels'. Discuss.

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