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04-20-2005, 02:00 PM
I hope that someone has read this pamhplet by Jonathan Swift. I had a paper that I was supposed to do, but I have been having trouble with the questions that I must answer first. If someone could please help me out, I would be so grateful. If you want to read A Modest Proposal, here is a link (http://www.underthesun.cc/Classics/Swift/ModestProposal/).
If you don't feel like answering me back on here, you can email me at stellabystarlight_tx@lycos.com Once again, thank you so much!
• Why does the narrator express the hope that his plan "will not be liable to the least objection" just before he introduces it? What is ironic in Swift's use of the word modest to describe his proposal?
• How would you state the purpose of this essay? Whom or what is Swift trying to reform?
• Describe the narrator's real meaning when he asserts that England will not mind if Ireland kills and eats its babies. What element of satire is evident here?
• Near the end of the pamphlet, the speaker lists “other expedients” that might help lessen the present distress in Ireland. Some of these options are very constructive. Why, then, does the narrator brush these ideas for reform aside?
• Find sentences in which the speaker uses ethical appeals by describing himself favorably and claiming to possess virtues that – considering the nature of his proposal – he could not possibly have.
• Find places in the proposal where the speaker uses logical appeals to support his suggestions.
If you don't feel like answering me back on here, you can email me at stellabystarlight_tx@lycos.com Once again, thank you so much!
• Why does the narrator express the hope that his plan "will not be liable to the least objection" just before he introduces it? What is ironic in Swift's use of the word modest to describe his proposal?
• How would you state the purpose of this essay? Whom or what is Swift trying to reform?
• Describe the narrator's real meaning when he asserts that England will not mind if Ireland kills and eats its babies. What element of satire is evident here?
• Near the end of the pamphlet, the speaker lists “other expedients” that might help lessen the present distress in Ireland. Some of these options are very constructive. Why, then, does the narrator brush these ideas for reform aside?
• Find sentences in which the speaker uses ethical appeals by describing himself favorably and claiming to possess virtues that – considering the nature of his proposal – he could not possibly have.
• Find places in the proposal where the speaker uses logical appeals to support his suggestions.