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vernikaa

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Topics: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

“I write for the noblest end, to inform and instruct Mankind…” Analyze and critically comment on Gulliver’s Travels in the light of this statement.

 

Posted by vernikaa on March 9, 2013 at 2:15 PM via web and tagged with gulliver's travels, inform, instruct, jonathan swift, literature, nobility

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    There is a sense in which Swift is correct, as this text does seek to inform and instruct mankind, but it could be argued that when he says he writes for the "noblest of reasons" he is saying...

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    Posted by accessteacher on March 11, 2013 at 7:03 AM (Answer #1)

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