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42 Cards in this Set
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Englands greatest satirist?
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Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift's first important book?
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A Tail of a Tub
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Jonathan Swift's most famous pamphlet?
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A Modest Proposal
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What is satire?
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criticism mixed with humor (making fun of)
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4 uses of satire in A Voyage to Lilliput?
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1. Size- 6 inches tall
2. Weapons- bows and arrows (line pins) 3. Language- had own language 4. Bombs in Europe- compares to weapons of people (War in Europe) |
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Pointed contrast between reality and expectations?
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Irony
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Gulliver is a __________ and he is the ____________.
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Doctor
Narrator |
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When does the satire and irony start in A Voyage to Lilliput?
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When Gulliver is tied up by tiny men
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What are the tiny men armed with?
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bows and arrows
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Tiny people risk _____________ by feeding Gulliver.
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Famine
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Purpose of rope dancers?
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Competition for government offices (one who jumps highest wins)
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What 3 things does the rope dancing satirize?
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1. Things people will do to gain favor no matter the irrelevancy of the test
2. Uselessness of "games" 3. Courtly behavior |
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Who is the treasurer?
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Flimnap (Sir Robert Walpole)
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Who is the principle secretary for private affairs?
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Reldresal (Lord Townshend)
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Who is the Emperor?
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George I
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Other great Empire?
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Blefuscu
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Describe egg dispute.
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Blefuscu invade Lilliput and had disagreement for 6 and 30 moons about breaking egg at large end. Grandfather cut finger, commanded to break egg at smaller end. 11,000 people died. FINALLY: break at whichever end is convenient
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What does Lilliput mock and what is the serious point of satire?
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Corruption
Political parties Court Life Bureaucracy Need to reform these things |
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Swift's lies in Lilliput?
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Lilliputians' social order
Politics Court life |
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What are qualifications for office in Lilliput?
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Rope dancing (leaping under a stick held by king); Lilliputians think they are important (big) but values are petty and meaningless- showing smallness
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What does Swift try to suggest doing in Lilliput?
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Use merit for politics
Eliminate court ceremony Look at philosophical differences |
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2nd voyage, people are _____ times larger than in England?
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12
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What is Utopia?
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Model civilization
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Sabbath is on ______________.
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Wednesdays
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In 2nd voyage, Gulliver is described as ______________.
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Insect
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In 2nd voyage, the fly is the size of a _________.
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Lark
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What is the purpose of the fly?
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Show size comparison (also when held up to the mirror)
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Gulliver is called ____________ in 2nd voyage.
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Grildrig
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What is the name of place of 2nd voyage?
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Brobdingnag
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People of Brobdingnag are __________ and __________ unlike Lilliputians.
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Smart
Open-minded |
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In Brobdingnag, Gulliver has conversations with the king about __________ and __________.
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Religion
Economy |
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__________ frighten Gulliver at first in 2nd voyage, but chops them in mid air later.
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Flies
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The king in Brobdingnag decides ____________ is not made up of admirable people.
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England
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In Brobdingnag, the royal family can be seen as __________ or as _____________/_____________.
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Kind
Arrogant/Cruel |
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Distinction between the two is considered silly to Brobdingnag?
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Whig or Tory
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Gulliver begins to think of himself as small in Brobdingnag because?
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He sees himself in mirror next to queen, the flies are as big as larks, and he is ridiculed by all
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Swift describes the king in Brobdingnag as?
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Intelligent
Grasps ideas quick Sarcastic Treats Gulliver kindly but is also a bit condescending |
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Use of verbal irony in 2nd voyage?
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Gulliver is not happy that king puts down England's reputation. King says ignorance, idleness, and vice are qualifications for England's officials
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King describes humanity as "little odious vermin" He is describing?
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Pettiness of English poeple
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Gulliver does NOT learn much from these people. Doesn't like people being compared to _________.
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Insects
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Swift's tone in 2nd voyage is between ___________ and __________.
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Serious
Objective |
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Brobdingnag's politics vs. US politics today: "they love, fight, dispute, cheat, betray" ---- this represents?
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Political corruption
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