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    The poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room” by Jonathan Swift‚ at first glance‚ seems to make women look like horrendous creatures. When the poem is thoroughly analyzed‚ one notices that the message is to free both genders of false ideals of themselves placed by society. Jonathan Swift‚ in the poem‚ is criticizing both males and females for adhering to their stereotypes. To begin‚ Swift is criticizing males for becoming the stereotype that all women are beautifully perfect. One can witness this on lines

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    Gateway Secure‚ cloud-based ‘gateway’ to the SWIFT network Alliance Remote Gateway is Alliance Gateway in the cloud Alliance Remote Gateway – May 2013 – PUBLIC 2 What is Alliance Remote Gateway? Customer premises Customer premises HSMs Alliance Gateway Back-office applications Alliance Connect Replace your Gateways‚ SNLs‚ HSMs Alliance Access or Alliance Entry Alliance Connect* Customer premises SWIFT Alliance Remote Gateway * All Alliance

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    The play ‘Blood Brothers’ is written by the playwright Willy Russell‚ who explores the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a working-class or a first-class environment in mid 20th century Liverpool. Russell uses his experiences‚ growing up in working-class Liverpool‚ to cover how the class system determined your life chances. This is explored through issues of injustice and socialism throughout. ‘Blood Brothers’ is not a typical musical‚ being of a naturalistic style‚ but‚ as Willy Russell

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    Outline: a Modest Proposal

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    styles of Jonathan Swift and explain why “A Modest Proposal” will lead people in the right direction to help those in poverty. 3. Before I continue‚ here is the definition of “satire” according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. Satire is “trenchant wit‚ irony‚ or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly.” Writers began to use satire to introduce moral or political change in society through the use of critical humor. II. Body A. Summary 1. In 1729‚ Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal”

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    the time that Jonathan Swift wrote this novel. Swifts opinions are seen throughout the novel by symbolism in people‚ places‚ and actions. Each of the four voyages attacks a different negative aspect of that time. Until the end‚ when the Houyhnhnms are introduced‚ all the different creatures he encounters represent characteristics of England that should be changed. The first voyage expresses the ridiculousness and rashness of the government and religion of the time of Swift. The second voyage is

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    to “transform the nation’s energy approach to energy and climate change” (Ryan Lizza) occured. The theory of pivotal politics can be applied to the situation to explain why gridlock happened. The problem was‚ the filibuster pivot‚ Senator Lindsey Graham‚ was not able to be convinced to continue with the bill.

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    “A Modest Proposal‚” written by Jonathon Swift‚ presents a number of problems in Ireland in 1729. Swift writes to an economically depressed‚ famine filled‚ and ill Ireland in an attempt to persuade families to help solve the countries sufferings. Stating‚ “mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood are forced to employ all their time in strolling‚ to beg sustenance for their helpless infants‚” Swift effectively paints a picture for his audience to better understand the intensity

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    Word choice gives Swift artillery to create satire in "A Modest Proposal". In "A Modest Proposal"‚ Swift uses several different words to create satire‚ one of which is the word ’breeders ’. He uses the term breeders in reference to the women. In several paragraphs he talks about these breeders and their role. "I calculate there may be about 200‚000 couples whose wives are breeders;"(Swift 2) The way that he refers to the women as breeders instead of mothers‚ wives or women creates satire. Instead

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    expected this outcome. “I never asked for his help‚ Graham! I never wanted to kill people for him. I never asked to save his ass every five seconds. Knowing he wouldn’t even think twice about doing the same for me. He trained me to protect him. Nothing more. He would never do that for me.” He was huffing and had tears welling in his eyes‚ like a little boy on the edge of a breakdown. “Dean... You know my father‚ Felix‚ cares about you.” Graham knew that wasn’t true. He knew what his father thought

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    Jonathan Swift was born on November 30‚ 1667 in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents: his ancestors had been Royalists‚ and all his life he would be a High-Churchman. In 1673‚ at the age of six‚ Swift began his education at Kilkenny Grammar School‚ which was‚ at the time‚ the best in Ireland. Between 1682 and 1686 he attended‚ and graduated from‚ Trinity College in Dublin‚ though he was not‚ apparently‚ an exemplary student. In 1688 William of Orange invaded England‚ initiating

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