Analysis Of Swift's Essay 'Hints'

The values of acceptance and self-recognition provokes individuals to be considerate of others whilst conversing. By doing so, individuals improve society as a whole, which illuminates the benefits of positive interactions. Hints was composed within the Enlightenment Period which is characterised by its dramatic revolutions in science and religion. Swifts satirical essay presents an argument that questions why his societies social situation is plateauing in oppose to areas. Swift draws out the faults inherent in his society, which alludes to more significant impacts of individuals apart of a society. Through the rule of three of a ‘true friend, a good marriage and a perfect form of government’, Swift puts forward these three statements to …show more content…
The lack of these values reveals the fake mere facade nature of selfish individuals who are only concerned with how others perceive them. In Hints, Swift demonstrates the detrimental error of ‘the folly of talking too much’ in the accumulative sentence ‘but among such as deal in multitudes of words, none are comparable to the sober, deliberate talker.’’ The humour in the example is that Swift impersonates the flaw in his writings by joining many phrases by commas to encompass the hidden message, implying that individuals should allow others the opportunity to speak and be listened to. Denoting that talking too much can have consequences on others confidence, detrimentally affecting their social wellbeing and self-esteem to express themselves. Swift further heightens ‘the folly of talking too much’ by noting that people actually plan when they want to speak and what they want to say. Through the allegory of manipulative individuals that ‘lie on the watch’ Swift exposes that Individuals do this to praise themselves in the company of others. The laughable element is that Swift compares humans to tigers that wait to catch their pray, showing how individuals wait for the opportunity to tell others about their achievements. This egocentric attitude is still prevalent in today’s society and is embodied by Donald Trump, specifically when he stated ‘the beauty of me is that I’m very rich’.
Overall, Swifts humour conveys a hidden …show more content…
Swifts AMP, effectively elucidates this shared vision as integral to the understandings that prompt governments to initiate positive change by appealing to both the rich and poor. The metaphoric statement ‘’landlords…have already devoured most of the parents’’ refers to the English government placing financial and emotional pressure on the Irish, particularly ‘parents.’ Implying that the English can make a profit of Irish children because their parents will be ‘devoured.’ Swift pinpoints the English’s hunger for control, despite the cost of others. Furthermore, Swift adds to this thought in the irony of listing advantages of killing children ‘’ the mother will have eight shillings… and be fit for work… the skin…will make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen’’. More specifically, suggesting the poor to sell their children to erase poverty, hence blaming the rich for worsening poverty since they are the ones desperate for the finer items in life. The use of high modality in swift confirming his proposal at the end of the essay by stating ’I can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal’ elucidates the uniqueness of his idea by listing expedients in the litany of; ‘taxing our absentees…using…our own growth and manufacture…conscious…not to sell our country…for