The Satire of Johnathan Swift Revealed. Refers to "Gulliver's travels

Date Submitted: 12/03/2003 17:57:29
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (790 words)
During the eighteenth century there was an incredible upheaval of commercialization in London, England. As a result, English society underwent significant, "changes in attitude and thought", in an attempt to obtain the dignity and splendor of royalty and the upper class (McKendrick,2). As a result, English society held themselves in very high regards, feeling that they were the elite society of mankind. In his novel, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes this English society in many …
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