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Swift as Misanthropist Jonathan Swift is undoubtedly is a great artist. He had to face unreasonable and prejudiced criticism in the hands of his contemporaries, because he had unveiled the brutality of man which was hidden under the mask of humanism. Swift’s age was full of vices of corruption but still the people were satisfied. Swift gives us a true picture of the man of that age in “Gulliver’s Travels”. In the last voyage, his satire becomes very bitter when he presents horses more reasonable than man. Swift is notorious for being misanthropist in the last part of the “Gulliver’s Travels”.  Swift has to face the allegation of being misanthropist for during whole of his life. It is because the critics attributed Gulliver’s blunders to Swift. But, he makes his aim in “Gulliver’s Travels” clear in his letter to Alexander Pope. He says, “The chief end of all my labour is to vex the world, rather than divert it”. Secondly, he declares that “He has ever hated all the nation...

Gulliver Travels as a child story Or           Gulliver Travels as an allegorical play Gulliver’s Travel is the story of Lemuel Gulliver and his voyage around the world. This story is divided into four parts or books, each about different place. It became a children classics soon after it publication. But it is not fair to declare it only a child’s classic as it was read and admired by even adults also. It is more than just a fairy tale. It is a superb satire on mankind in general and English politics in particular. Every land which Gulliver visits is a wonderful land. Actually, every voyage undertook by Gulliver has an allegorical importance also. As it describe one or another aspect of human nature. Gulliver’s experiences at every place are strange, exciting and amazing. A thorough study of four books is required to feel the full magic of Swift’s writings. 1- A voyage to a Lilliput. At the start of the first voya...