"A Modest Proposal"

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What is cruelly ironic about Swifts suggestion that infants flesh would be a popular dish to be served at Christenings?

A christening is a baby's baptism

For the narrator of A Modest Proposal, what kind of character does Swift assume?

An American giving advice to politicians in England and Ireland

Why does the narrator claim to have no personal motive behind the proposal?

He is not one that is currently being affected or would be affected by his own proposal

What are the benefits or outcomes anticipated by the narrator?

He knows his ideas are outrageous, he is hoping people realize there are real possibilities to fix things but since no one will do them...you might as well eat the infants. (the other ideas are reasonable but no one will put them into place)

Why are landlords a particularly good market for infants' flesh?

If people could not make their rent, they could give their landlord their infant instead

What does "A Modest Proposal" satirize?

The living conditions in Ireland

What is Swift's main persuasive strategy?

The use of logical appeals to demonstrate the fairness of his proposal

Explain Verbal Irony

What is said is the opposite of what is actually meant


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