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What was Jonathan Swift?

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Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, politucal pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patricks Cathedral, Dublin

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what is swift known as the master of?

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the two styles of satire, the Horatian(playful) and Juvenalian(attacks) styles

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What is satire?

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the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc.. in speech or writing for the ostensible purpose of exposing and discourage vice or folly.

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who was Swift kidnapped by as a child?

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by his nurse he did not see his mother for the first three years of his life.

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how does Swift approach the proposal?

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as a benevolent humanitarian attempted to correct a social evil by means of a theoretically conceived plan.

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Questions to explore

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in notes.

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when was a modest proposal published?

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in 1729 after three years of drought and crop failure which forced 30,000 Irish to abandon their homes in search for work, food, and shelter.

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what was Swift diagnosed with?

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Meniers Syndrome, and suffered symptoms of vertigo, nausea, and hearing impairment the majority of his life.

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Who was swift's BFF

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an eight year old named Stella

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what is swift remembered for

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works such as Gullivers Travels, A modest proposal, a journal to stella, the battle of the books, and a tale of a tub

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