Lampoon is a harsh satire usually directed against an individual. For satirical idea of eating babies sold to rich people so the poor could survive without going to the thought of prostitution. The Irish continued to suffer, and it was something that greatest troubled the civic-minded Swift. Swift's was concerned about the bad state of affairs in Ireland that he had saw. However, those who are good with money may not always care for the the people who are in need of help, like for example in debt. It's not their "revolution." The people that saw the title probably didn't care to read it until readers could comprehend what Swift was "proposing" because he started the essay out soft, with it in control and "gentle concern."

I believe irony is the most significant device for A Modest Proposal. I believe it is important because it shows a great amount of humor while keeping its message clear. It allows for an inside joke with out compromising the content you are trying to read. An example would be when Swift tells us that seeing dying, sick, starving mothers with children a melancholy object. When in fact it is actually pretty tragic to see.

makemost significant satirical device is lampoon.

Definition: Lampoon-Very harsh & personal attack on a very particular recognizable target focusing on the target's character appearance.

I believe that since the rest of this satire was harsh and outrageous (the darkly satirical idea of eating babies sold to rich people so the poor could survive without resorting to prostitution) it probably seemed appropriate for swift to point out what an outlandish point he was trying to make—by sarcastically terming it a "modest" proposal...when in fact, it was a huge problem. There are many harsh and attacking points throughout the modest proposal. This is why my device is better.

The most significant satirical device in "A Modest Proposal" is caricature satires. Caricature is using exaggeration for comic or satiric effect. It is not outright obvious in Swift's essay that he is using exaggeration. An example of this satirical technique is when he says that eating children will "be a great inducement to marriage" and "increase the care and tenderness of mothers toward their children." That is absurd to think that people would get married for the sole purpose of having children and then eating them. The title "A Modest Proposal" is even an extreme exaggeration. It is in no way modest, it is completely immodest to offer up such a proposal. Children are human beings too so how is it logical to eat them? The problem of famine in Ireland was a big issue but by exaggerating saying it is a good idea to eat kids is crazy.

In the Satire A Modest Proposal, the device that I find the most significant would be the satirical device burlesque. Burlesque is evident throughout the main focus of A Modest Proposal is the distinguishing effects of England's treatment towards Ireland and their poor citizens.

One example of this would be on Page 631 Line # 240- 249 Where Jonathan Swift says " I desire those politicians who dislike my overture,and may perhaps be bold so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals...." This example shows the difference between the poor Irish citizens and The Politicians.

i think that it's burlesque because in the story A Modest Proposal in lines 68-80 it compares the kids to black sheep and how they were going to eat them because they couldn't support them so they were going to eat them and thats why i picked burlesque

In A Modest Proposal, Burlesque is present as Swift is handling overpopulation as a satire, not a detrimental issue. Well, overpopulation is introduced as a problem, but it's not handled seriously, is what I mean. Burlesque is defined as: "A parody or comically exaggerated imitation of something, esp. in a literary or dramatic work." (source: Google.com) To begin with, A Modest Proposal is a parody because it is unlike Swift's other more serious proposals. Also, other writers had pamphlets distributed over the seriousness of the issue, which A Modest Proposal parodies. (Because who actually eats babies to resolve the issue of overpopulation? Don't answer, it's rhetorical.)

i believe irony is the most important device because swift uses it through out the proposal. for example, its ironic that women who are suppose to take care of the children and be able to work, are forced to beg for food on the streets.women and children are not suppose to be supporting the family financially, the farther is.in lines 117-122 its ironic how "scrupulous people" think women who are a "loss to the public" for being breeders is boarding cruelty because those people are just now realizing this is a bad thing and swift knew from the beginning that this was wrong. overall the irony in this satire is to show how these mothers and children especially, are being treated and how a persons life is worth as much as pocket change and should be valued more than the society is making it appear to be.

I think parody is the most important satirical device for many reasons. A Parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, or ironically comment on. This is very important in a satire because it allows the mood of an overall satire to brighten up and most people will find good humor in the paradox part of the Satire. Parody's in a Satire are just important as water and food are to living creatures. One can always find comic relief and extreme exaggeration that one might find somewhat humorous and gives them something deeper to think about concerning the overall subject. A great use of Parody in A Modest Proposal is not found in the text, it is however found in the title. If the Proposal was so "modest" why has it come to the extreme that stretches as far as eating babies. I believe that Parody is the best and most important device to use in a satirical setting.

I believe that the most significant device in A Modest Proposal is parody. The definition is something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery. In the story, they are making a mockery of cannibalism of babies in certain countries. Another definition of parody is to imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. In lines 82-89, Swift makes a comical joke saying that infant flesh will be in season all year and that the market will be more glutted after Lent.

I believe that the invective that Swift uses is the most significant device. If you take your argument and completely flip it around and show the worst thing that could possibly happen it proves the point easier. Invective is the most important part of satire. In "A Modest Proposal" Swift says things such as "Infants flesh will be in season throughout the year," and "the fore and hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." He says these things to shock people into understanding how important the epidemic was at the time.

I believe my device is more significant because it brings joys into a sad story or any story. A example of parody in "A Modest Proposal would be where he suggested the consumption of Irish babies as a form of population control. This work is one of satire paralleling the form of Swift's oration.

Parody: A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. It exploits peculiarities of an author's [removed]propensity to use too many parentheses, certainfavorite words, etc.). Well-written parody offers enlightenment about the original, but poorly written parody offers only ineffectual imitation. Usually an audience must grasp literary allusion and understand the work being parodied in order to fully appreciate the nuances of the newer work. Occasionally, however, parodies take on a life of their own and don't require knowledge of the original.

Parody is the most significant device because it is a mock up of his serious proposals from previous pamphlets. His parodic tone would make his reader of his previous works laugh at this proposal which is not at all a modest one. He makes the reader constantly doubt whether or not he is serious about the consumption of human children. I believe this is the most significant because it is imperative that the reader knows he is not serious based upon his previous proposals which were, in fact, serious.

Def.Caricature-mocking,exaggerated portrait

He offers the information, derived from an American he knows, that a one-year-old child is "a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food; whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled." Based on this fact, he proposes that the 120,000 Irish children born in a year should be disposed of as follows: 20,000 should be kept for breeding and continuance of the population, but only a fourth of these are to be males, in accordance with the practice common among breeders of livestock ("one Male will be sufficient to serve four Females"); the other 100,000 are to be fattened and then sold as a culinary delicacy.

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I believe irony is more important than lampoon in the book "Gulliver's Travels". He escapes the little Lilliputians which he thought was so bad to him , while held him captive but were very nice and took care of him, then he went to the island of the giants and was treated badly and disgusted by the customs and insects. "However, he made other signs to let me understand that I should have meat and drink enough, and very good treatment" {Line 114 Pg 640}

The satirical device, Lampoon, is most significant in A Modest Proposal, because of the fact that Jonathan Swift proposed the idea of using small young children and babies as food to solve the problems within Dublin, Ireland. Just in case one isn't aware of how Lampoon works, according to dictionary.com, Lampoon works as a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc. That being said, the whole idea of cannibalism towards children as a blatant proposal to reduce the number of "Papists", reduce the workload for a mother, a way to make easy money by basically selling children as goods, a guaranteed meal on the table, and not to mention an exciting contest to see who can bring the fattest child to the market (all in which can very well be found on page 628 lines 149-184), was used simply to open the eyes of society that something needs to be done to fix the present problems occurring in the city. Swift ridicules the fact that there is such a big problem going on, yet, society hasn't done anything to solve it. So, the pompous "modest" proposal of producing a market involving babies, basically makes the whole situation a ridicule. Consuming and selling babies to the rich for money is completely immodest and emphasizes the satirical device Lampoon, which makes my device the most significant to "A Modest Proposal".

I believe my device is more significant because it brings joys into a sad story or any story. A example of parody in "A Modest Proposal would be where he suggested the consumption of Irish babies as a form of population control. This work is one of satire paralleling the form of Swift's oration.

I think my device is more sanificant because it is showing mockery of his own text

Invective is, in most cases, a violent denunciation towards something. Given what Swift has mentioned in the text, invective is written all over. There is much written that can show it. In example of the text written, " I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." This completely shows no regards for any of the people Swift writes about.

Burlesque: A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty. A burlesque on this book "Modest Proposal", concerning the poor or the title can't have a good support for the thesis that it meant poor or bad matters in the story since it is not fully covered in the text. Burlesque is the most significant because it points out a good point that you can't just judge the book by its cover.

I believe that the device "invective" is the most significant throughout Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal". Yes, I agree that Swift isn't using the lightest of language, but he IS grabbing the people's attention. For example, on page 622, paragraph one, Swift says "These 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, who, as they group up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes (to escape poverty)." Jonathan Swift is only giving invective arguments throughout his satire to prove his point, and that's what I believe is the most effective and significant device in this piece of work.

The most satirical device that is the most significant in "Gulliver's Travels" is invective because Swift shows abusive language as well as illustration towards the English government. Gulliver's size symbolizes the English government in power and therefore shows the government as somewhat abusive in contrast to Gulliver's size. As Gulliver said, "I had a reason to believe I might be a match for the greatest armies they could bring against me...(Pg. 638)"

I think that the most significant device is caricature. Because throughout the entire essay Jonathan Swift is very creative with his ideas of how to fix his countries problem. He tried to make his reasons logical and not exaggerated by giving them numbers, he said "There only remain a hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents born annually." But the whole essay is exaggerated and over the top.

"In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others," If a modest proposal doesn't do this, I have no other idea what it does. "Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year." going to the extreme of eating a baby, not even on a special occasion is bit much even if it was on a a special occasion. this is clearly an example of a caricature satire, without it "A Modest Proposal" would be nothing without it.

I believe Irony is more significant because it shows that they are human beings but they eat other human beings just too keep alive. As Swift said, "Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March and a little before and after. For we are told by a grave author, an eminet French physician, that fish being a prolific diet, there are more children born in Roman Catholic countries about nine months ..... (page 625)

The most significant satirical device in "A Modest Proposal" is invective satire. I know very little about Ireland in the early 1700s. But I can deduce a number of things from just the beginning of Swift’s essay. For example, from the first few paragraphs where it talk about poor people in Ireland and so on.

The most significant satirical device in "A Modest Proposal" is invective satire. I know very little about Ireland in the early 1700s. But I can deduce a number of things from just the beginning of Swift’s essay. For example, from the first few paragraphs where it talk about poor people in Ireland and so on.

In the Modest Proposal the most imporant device is Irony. Irony means the real meaning and ambigious. "then as to female...scrupulous people". The irony in Modest Proposal is to show how these mothers and children are being treated and how a person’s life is worth as much as pocket change and should be valued more than the society is making it appear to be.

Burlesque is the best satirical device because it insults a topic or group in an indirect way. Like in the Modest Proposal on page 629 lines 185-192, talks about how we see swine and how we should see a young well-grown fat child. It puts the topic in a different light. So that the audience can see what is right there infront of them.

Out of all of the satirical devices used in the Early English books, arguments and novels, Lampoon is by far the most critical. Lampoon utilizes the capacity of adamant arguments and harsh, piercing facts about the subject or individual. The propagation of swine and cattle would be great for the nation since young ones would be now the top-of-the-line choice and commonly used substance. Given the circumstances, the use of that type of carcass would be used to the fullest extant and would bolster the economy is every relevant way.

The definition of Burlesque is an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatically mocks dignity. Burlesque points out a good point that you can't just judge the book by its cover. And that the title gives out false thoughts..

According to definition by www.thefreedictionary.com, a burlesque in the context of satire is "an outrageous imitation of something that is supposed to be taken seriously". The short story "A Modest Proposal" is clearly a burlesque at its finest. Jonathan Swift's message through this satire was to underline his "genuine outrage at man's inhumanity to man and his commitment to championing liberty". The message he portrayed in his story was not only grotesquely distorted, but drew attention to the fact that the Irish Catholic's and Protestant's alike were being treated like cattle in Ireland. He even goes as far as to make the claim that children should be bred for human consumption and served at a table, "stewed, roasted,baked or boiled;". Clearly, after all the ridicule Swift had proposed to society, he was not literally inferring to eat the children, however he was highlighting the fact and mere shape that their society was in. This proves to be a burlesque, because any human being in their right state of mind, would believe the idea to physically breed human beings for food, and view their soul merely as nourishment for piggish and selfish bodies, would be completely absurd. However, his harsh perception on the problem was exactly what stunned the public so heavily, and made them see their actions. The fact that Jonathan Swift was so adamant and somber in his writing clearly expresses the definition burlesque by fulfilling it to every extent. "A Modest Proposal" not only is an outrageous work of art, but it catches the attention of the people by expanding to horrific extremes and including graphic details to prove the harshness of society in the 1700's.

Caricature is the most significant device in “A Modest Proposal.” Caricature is the description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic or grotesque effect. Swift clearly uses exaggeration to describe the multitude of suffering mothers of Ireland, and the “two hundred thousand couples whose wives are breeders” of “delicious, nourishing, and wholesome” children. The other act of caricature was made in the title, “A Modest Proposal,” as the essay is in no way modest. After this analysis, I understood that caricature was obviously the most significant device.

A caricature in the story “A Modest Proposal,” is the most important device. A Caricature is the description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic or grotesque effect. 100,000 babies are to be fattened and then sold as a culinary delicacy. Then Swift proceeds to offer suggestions as to the sort of dishes that might be prepared from their meat. “Infant’s flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March, and a little before and after.” This shows that gruesome mental picture of children butchered, hung up, and sold by merchants by the thousands for hungry families needed to be filled for a night.

In the Modest Proposal, a great satire device to have is caricature. My device is so great because it gives an exaggeration of a particular feature in a target. In the Modest Proposal on page 625 lines 61-81 they talk about how they cooked the child like baked, roasted, or boiled and they would sell there child.

In Gulliver's Travels, I believe that burlesque is the most significant satirical device. In the story, Swift used this over and over again to point all of the flaws that there were with the Whigs compared to the Tories. For example, in the voyage to lilliput, he told how he had to be tied down to the floor. By doing this he was making fun of how the Whigs were really strict and didn't put much confidence in their people.

A Caricature is the most significant satirical device to use. In Gulliver's Travels, Swift uses the over exaggeration of the native people's size (who symbolize real life people) to reveal his true problems and issues underneath the text with what was going on in the government and who was in power.

I believe that Irony is the most important device because Swift uses it without ever straying away from what he is really talking about. One example would be that Swift talks about that seeing the malnourished mothers with their children has a big impact and has lasting depression on others, when in reality it is a really harsh and important problem during that time.