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Swift and Defoe: Satire in Literature in the 18th Century
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A 6 page paper which examines the use of satire in literature during the 18th century. The authors examined are Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Swift and Thoreau, Writing Style
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An 8 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares 2 works by Thoreau and Swift. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) and Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) are separated by time, space, culture and nationality yet these two essayists share the common feature that each one authored works that are insightful and astutely critical evaluations of certain political issues of their particular era. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” are each considered classic works and are also each an exemplary example of that author’s style of writing, as well as his influence during his particular society. The writing styles of each author is discussed and compared. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Swift's Ironically Modest Proposal
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Over the years, decades, centuries and even millenniums, there have been a number of proposals as to what could be done to end world hunger. This 5 page paper proposes that Swift, in The Modest Proposal, uses irony to beguile the reader into agreeing to the logic of the most ghastly of proposals for the purpose of eventual rejection of economic stratification, religious prejudice and the tyranny of subjugation inherent in the Imperialistic practices of the English. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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Swift's Use of Irony in "A Modest Proposal"
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This 3 page paper discusses Jonathan Swift's satiric essay "A Modest Proposal" and his use of irony to make his points. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Swift, Douglass, & Ibsen/Visions of Slavery
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A 6 page research paper that investigates Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift; A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Swift, Douglass, & Ibsen/Visions of Slavery. The writer argues that Each one of these works explores the devastating psychic ramifications that occur when human beings are subjected to any social system that denigrates the integrity of the individual. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Swift/Gulliver's Travels as Political Allegory
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A 5 page research paper/essay that examines how Swift satirized the eighteenth century England. The writer argues that the framework provided by the thematic structure of Gulliver's Travels offered Swift the perfect palette for satirizing everything that struck his fancy as needing reform during his time, and in the process creating allegory that highlighted the foibles of his society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Swinburne/The Sundew
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An 8 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of Victorian poet A.C. Swinburne's poem "The Sundew." Drawing heavily on an article by J. Smith (2003), the writer argues that Swinburne used this small carnivorous plant to establish a view of nature that was at odds with the climate of the Victorian age, which sought to explain anything and everything through scientific analysis. The sundew is presented as holy because it is a part of nature. Yet, inscrutable and mysterious, Swinburne presents the plant as neither wholly good nor evil, but simply part of a greater cycle of life and death that human beings work diligently to ignore. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Sydney Carton from “Tale of Two Cities” and Meursault from “The Stranger”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the character of Sydney Carton from Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” and Meursault from Albert Camus’ “The Stranger.” No additional sources cited.
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Sylvan: “Trance Formation”
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This 5 page paper discusses Robin Sylvan’s book “Trance Formation,” an examination of rave culture, and argues that his analysis of it as a religious movement is flawed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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SYLVIA AND SAMMY
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters from John Updike's A&P with Toni Cade Bambara's character, Sylvia. Quotes from the text included and cited. Bibliography includes 2 sources.
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