Restoration Nation
The Restoration Period began in 1660 when the English monarchy was restored under
Charles II. People started using science to explain previously unknown phenomena. English literature started to use precise language and the age of Satire began. John Milton wrote Paradise
Lost in 1667 and presented Satan as a heroic figure who was cast out of heaven for being too ambitious. Daniel Defoe wrote A Journal of the Plague Year in 1722 and presented it as an eyewitness account of the bubonic plague. Jonathan Swift produced A Modest Proposal in 1729 to show the English how they have been ruthless to the Irish people by saying that the Irish should sell their children so the English can eat them as a delicacy. Milton shows the religious views of …show more content…
Defoe used verisimilitude to make the readers think that he was experiencing these events, but in actuality he was only five years old when the plague hit. He names specific streets and people to make it seem more believable to his readers.
Jonathan Swift was born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. His father died before he was born, so his mother struggled to support him. Swift had a condition called Meniere's Disease which left him somewhat deaf. Swift’s mother wanted him to grow up with the best upbringing, so she gave him to her Brother-in-law. he wrote A Modest Proposal in 1729 after finishing college. The pamphlet brings up a proposal to buy poor irish babies to eat them so the parents get money and the English get a sustainable food source. Swift criticizes the upper class by suggesting that
100,000 children should be sold to the wealthy as food while 20,000 would be spared for breeding. Swift suggests different ways to cook the children, but he makes it clear that he does
Gruntz 3 not expect people to believe this ridiculous tale. Swift even uses irony in the title by stating that the proposal is “modest” when, it is in fact,
The Restoration Period began in 1660 when the English monarchy was restored under
Charles II. People started using science to explain previously unknown phenomena. English literature started to use precise language and the age of Satire began. John Milton wrote Paradise
Lost in 1667 and presented Satan as a heroic figure who was cast out of heaven for being too ambitious. Daniel Defoe wrote A Journal of the Plague Year in 1722 and presented it as an eyewitness account of the bubonic plague. Jonathan Swift produced A Modest Proposal in 1729 to show the English how they have been ruthless to the Irish people by saying that the Irish should sell their children so the English can eat them as a delicacy. Milton shows the religious views of …show more content…
Defoe used verisimilitude to make the readers think that he was experiencing these events, but in actuality he was only five years old when the plague hit. He names specific streets and people to make it seem more believable to his readers.
Jonathan Swift was born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. His father died before he was born, so his mother struggled to support him. Swift had a condition called Meniere's Disease which left him somewhat deaf. Swift’s mother wanted him to grow up with the best upbringing, so she gave him to her Brother-in-law. he wrote A Modest Proposal in 1729 after finishing college. The pamphlet brings up a proposal to buy poor irish babies to eat them so the parents get money and the English get a sustainable food source. Swift criticizes the upper class by suggesting that
100,000 children should be sold to the wealthy as food while 20,000 would be spared for breeding. Swift suggests different ways to cook the children, but he makes it clear that he does
Gruntz 3 not expect people to believe this ridiculous tale. Swift even uses irony in the title by stating that the proposal is “modest” when, it is in fact,