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In both “A Voyage to Lilliput” and “A Voyage to Brobdingnag,” Swift satirizes various aspects of the society in which he lives. In a brief essay, explain which excerpt provides a more optimistic picture of English society. Support your response with examples from Gulliver’s Travels. ?

April 10, 2014, 12:22 pm

≫ Next: The speaker contemplates the lives and deaths of people buried in the churchyard in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” In a short essay, explain the speaker’s attitudes toward death. Cite examples from the poem to support your response. ?

≪ Previous: The speaker of the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a young man who is walking through the churchyard. At one point in the poem, he speculates what a "hoary-headed swain" might say about his walks through the courtyard. Why does the speaker speculate about what this old man might say about him? Support your response with one or two examples from the poem. ?

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