A Modest Proposal - Johnathen Swift Satire
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- A Modest Proposal - Johnathan Swift's Satirical Essay
- GAP
- Genre: A Satirical Essay on the economic state of Ireland during a state of starvation
- Audience: Those who were fans of Swifts works such as Gulliver's Travels.
- Purpose: To critique social issues at the time.
- Audience: Those who were fans of Swifts works such as Gulliver's Travels.
- Genre: A Satirical Essay on the economic state of Ireland during a state of starvation
- Context
- Ireland was dangerously poor and overpopulated, kept weak by British ruling.
- Swift made several proposals to the Irish Gov and A Modest Proposal was a frustrated parody of these serious proposals
- Johnathan Swift
- Was not born into wealth, lost his father and was unwell most of his childhood.
- Mother gave him over to his rich Uncle, he then went to private school.
- A successful write but also heavily criticised as his publishes were often taboo.
- Was not born into wealth, lost his father and was unwell most of his childhood.
- Satire
- To prompt readers to cure the problem under debate although hidden with hummour
- Incongruity
- Hyperbole/ Caricature
- meiosis is used within the title the proposal is not 'modest'
- Polysyllabic Lexis
- Gives authority and appeals to the well educated audience.
- 'Rudiments', 'nutriment'.
- 'Saleable Commodity'
- Subject specific lexis
- Dehumanises the Children
- Emphasises the mass poverty and loss of hope Ireland was suffering from.
- Dehumanises the Children
- Subject specific lexis
- Long complex sentences with multiple clauses.
- trying to establish authority
- 'these children are seldom the fruits of marriage'
- euphemism, formal text.
- 'fruits' dehuninises
- 'baked or boiled'
- Positive sound contrasts with the subject matter.
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