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Jonathan Spence's "The Death of Woman Wang" As an Example of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Social History
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A 5 page paper which examines how the book considers society from the bottom up in order to contribute to a better understanding of Chinese society during this time period, and also discusses what kinds of issues that social history addresses better than political and intellectual histories, to determine how the book presents Chinese society. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGjswang.doc

Jonathan Swift / A Tale of a Tub
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A 5 page research paper that summarizes the main points of Swift's satire of seventeenth century religion. The Tale of a Tub (1704) is an allegorical satire that ridicules religious extremists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' And 'A ModestProposal': Satire, Tone, Diction, Irony, Argument And Syntax
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses satire, tone, diction, irony, argument and syntax as they relate to the two stories. No additional sources cited.
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Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" Book IV: Reason And Value
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5 pages in length. Eighteenth century philosophy especially tended to pride itself on having developed to the highest degree the renaissance faith in reason as the distinctive quality of man. Author Jonathan Swift's attitude to his era's view of reason as the sole criterion of value is what ultimately transpired in Book IV of "Gulliver's Travels." That Gulliver had had an interesting – albeit at times strange – journey thus far in the tale did not prepare him for the discovery of his true self, an image he had not only loathed in himself but had previously condemned in others. No additional sources cited.
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Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels": Satire Of His Own Changing Function In Books I, II, And IV
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5 pages in length. Interpretation is everything in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. How the author writes, how the characters are portrayed, how the reader deciphers the meaning -- it is all intertwined to produce the final interpretation. Language plays a significant role in how Swift's concepts of sociology are interpreted throughout the story, particularly with regard to the unusual manner he incorporates satire of his own changing function in Books I, II and IV. No additional sources cited.
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Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”
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This 6 page report discusses Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) and his most famous work, “Gulliver’s Travels.” It is the many distortions -- size, attitude, beliefs, actions -- that serve as the greatest insight into Swift’s story and the realm in which he presents the most thought-provoking of contrasts. For example, the differences that exist in the size of the Lilliputians, the Brobdingnag, and Gulliver all have a relevant significance to the larger (pun intended) story. No secondary sources.
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Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”
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A 24 page paper which examines how Swift employed Gulliver’s four voyages to address such popular issues during the eighteenth century as the use of science as a way of achieving utopian society, religious attitudes and government/politics, and how some of his satire was transformed into reality in the twentieth century. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” as a Satirical Search for Utopia
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A 6 page paper which examines how Swift satirized man’s incessant search for utopia or perfection. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGgtutop.rtf

Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”: A Political Expose
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A 4 page contention that “Gulliver’s Travels”, a work which on the surface is a fictional tale of giants and dwarfs, contains a deep societal message. In Part I of “Gulliver’s Travels” (“A Voyage to Lilliput”) Gulliver sets a stage of humility and then follows up on that stage in Part II (“A Voyage to Brobdingnag”) with a political expose of what is really England between 1667 and 1745 (the span of Swift’s lifetime), one of the most turbulent time in English history. Swift’s intent in “Gulliver’s Travels”, therefore, is much more than providing an enjoyable work of fiction. “Gulliver’s Travels” is a recognition and, in fact, a protest of the imperialistic tendency to control a people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Jonathan Swift/"Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift"
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A 4 page essay that analyzes Jonathan Swift's poetic commentary on his own death. Swift (1667-1745) is one of the greatest satirists of all time. His wit and critical viewpoint of society did not exclude himself as a topic. In his poem "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift," he addresses how he imagines his own decline, death and the response of his so-called friends and public. The underlying theme in this poem is that profuse shows of concern and compassion serve to cover the basic self-interest of the individual, who is enormously glad that the sufferer is not himself. Likewise, Swift lampoons his own reactions to the success of others. Examination of this work shows how Swift uses the symbol of pride to point out the follies inherent in human behavior. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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