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Text 22- A Modest Proposal
- Contexts of
production
- A peice of Satire
written by Jonathon
Swift suring the 18th
Century famine in
ireland
- Humorously puts forward
the idea of cannibalism as
a solution for the famin,
suggesting also a mockery
of the government and
society of the time.
- Draws attention to the
nature of the rich and
the English, who
controlled Ireland during
this period, and
exploited the famine for
their own gain
- Purpose is to
pursuade, social
commentary,
Rhetorical,
Argumentative
- Poor/Rich people in
he 18th century and
government/polititions
- Draws attention to
the pronlem in
Ireland through the
use of dark humour
- Irish are
generally roman
catholics,
meaning they
have a lot of
children
- A peice of Satire
written by Jonathon
Swift suring the 18th
Century famine in
ireland
- Form and Stucture
- Prose essay form, full
of unsound evidence
to convince people of
the merits of using
children as food
- Argument begins by calculating the number
of children born each year in ireland, and
points out that they are unfit for employment,
therefore the population is a burdern to the
state.
- Moves onto the
acutual proposal,
concludes that
children should
be eaten
- Writen from first person
perspective, use of 'we'
includes the reader,
suggesting them to be a
part of the government,
persuding them to make a
change.
- Prose essay form, full
of unsound evidence
to convince people of
the merits of using
children as food
- Word Choice
and grammar
- Words from the lexical
field of economics have
been used, making the
text seem legitimate and
a political proposal
- The statistics back
up his arguement
and he employs a
rational tone
- The statistics back
up his arguement
and he employs a
rational tone
- Text is written as though a political peice
of writing, highlighted by the complex
sentences are use of paragraphing. The
syntax makes the text formal, as does the
structuing.
- No colloquial
language is
used, however
shorter
sentences are
often used as a
form of
emphasis
- 'Humbly Propose'
juxtaposes against
actual idea
- 'male' and
'females'-
back to
savages
- Lengthy complex
sentences-
intended to shock
the audience as
they are filled with
detail
- The food will be expensive-
will suit landlords as they are
the cause of the problem
- 'Devoured most of
the parents'
metaphorical
reference
- 'Devoured most of
the parents'
metaphorical
reference
- Archaic
Language-
'hitherto'
'Repine'
- Solution to the
problem is extreme-
intended to shock
the audience into
realising the
seriousness of the
problems in Ireland
- Words from the lexical
field of economics have
been used, making the
text seem legitimate and
a political proposal
- Figurative Language
- Dehumanisation-
people often referred
to as stock at the
beinning of the text.
Women are reffered
to as breeders
- Men and women from
upper class can wear
the chidlren- he blames
them for the famine
- Dehumanisation-
people often referred
to as stock at the
beinning of the text.
Women are reffered
to as breeders
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