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  What is ironic in Swift's use of the word "modest" to describe his proposal?

  Posted by angelbaby2010 on Dec 8, 2009 at 02:59 PM

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  What is the purpose of the last paragraph of A Modest Proposal?

  Posted by mamde2 on Nov 9, 2009 at 01:16 PM

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  What are the points that Swift makes in favor of hos arguments in the writing "A Modest Proposal" ?

  Posted by dhaka on Oct 21, 2009 at 09:35 PM

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  What are major logical fallacies in Modest Proposal?

  Posted by shkarina on Oct 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM

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  What response do you think Swift hoped to get from the readers of "A Modest Proposal?"

  Posted by honey14 on Oct 15, 2009 at 03:54 PM

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  What are the major and minor propositions behind Swift's modest proposal?

  Posted by bobbispr on Aug 30, 2009 at 08:24 AM

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  According to the proposal, what is the worst problem of the moment?

  Posted by jess91 on Jul 16, 2009 at 07:38 PM

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  What are the issues involved in "A modest proposal"?  Try to break up the work into different elements, to discuss the issues involved.

  Posted by mkaur02 on Jun 3, 2009 at 02:15 PM

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  What does "A Modest Proposal" have to say about poverty and why does Swift use canibalism as the metophor for his satire?

  Posted by fashionfreak on May 11, 2009 at 06:55 PM

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  How are these 5 alternative solutions going to solve the problem in the short story?

  Posted by ksidhu19 on Apr 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

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  In Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" could you expand on how Swift uses the word dressing in three different manners?

  Posted by riveav on Apr 16, 2009 at 05:43 AM

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  How are these 5 alternative solutions going to solve the problem in the short story?

  Posted by manisingh on Apr 4, 2009 at 08:50 PM

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  Which other five ideas, besides eating children, does Swift suggest in "A Modest Proposal"?

  Posted by ksidhu19 on Mar 30, 2009 at 05:45 PM

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  Which other 5 ideas does he suggest, other than eating children as a solution and why?

  Posted by rsandhu19 on Mar 27, 2009 at 09:29 PM

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  What is Swift suggesting in "A Modest Proposal"?

  Posted by manisingh on Mar 27, 2009 at 09:26 PM

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  In "A Modest Proposal", who is Swift directing his proposal too?

  Posted by jotiikaur on Mar 27, 2009 at 09:25 PM

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  What was the problem in Ireland at the time?

  Posted by ksidhu19 on Mar 27, 2009 at 09:23 PM

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  In Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" What is he proposing to solve this over population problem?

  Posted by riveav on Mar 19, 2009 at 05:35 PM

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  How would you explain the irony and satiric qualities in "A Modest Proposal"?

  Posted by amaria1674 on Mar 14, 2009 at 09:29 AM

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  What is the “great town” that the narrator refers to in the opening paragraph of "A Modest Proposal"?

  Posted by jaimetrev on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:12 PM

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  In Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", he elaborates on an unfavorable balance of trade with England.  To what is he referring?

  Posted by riveav on Feb 19, 2009 at 05:44 AM

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  What are three major points in "A Modest Proposal" that Swift advocates and was his plan met to free babies?

  Posted by riveav on Feb 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM

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  In what sense is the proposal "modest" in Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal"?

  Posted by jamericanhoney on Jan 30, 2009 at 11:47 AM

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  To what extent does Swift blame Ireland's plight on England, and to what extent does he blame Ireland's plight on the Irish?

  Posted by boberann123 on Jan 22, 2009 at 06:38 PM

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  What are Jonathan Swift's lines of reasoning in "The Modest Proposal"? The logical, emotional, and ethical reasonings he had?

  Posted by ckmrc on Dec 3, 2008 at 04:37 PM

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  In "A Modest Proposal", why does Swift seperate himself from the narrator at the end?

  Posted by ginger12 on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM

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  Explain hyperbole and humor in "A Modest Proposal."   How do hyperbole and humor further enhance the satric impact of the essa?

  Posted by gwn14 on Oct 27, 2008 at 10:19 PM

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  How does"A Modest Proposal," fit into the category of satire?

  Posted by tapout1 on Apr 3, 2008 at 01:06 PM