A Modest Proposal

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Themes

All Themes Satire and Sincerity Colonialism, Greed, and Inhumanity Society, Rationality, and Irrationality Misanthropy (Hatred of Humankind)

Characters

All Characters The Proposer George Psalmanazar The Pretender

Symbols

All Symbols Eating

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Ethos Genre Irony Logos Mood Motifs Pathos Satire Setting Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony

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A Modest Proposal

by Jonathan Swift

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Satire and Sincerity
Colonialism, Greed, and Inhumanity
Society, Rationality, and Irrationality
Misanthropy (Hatred of Humankind)

All Characters
The Proposer
George Psalmanazar
The Pretender

All Symbols
Eating

All Literary Devices
Ethos
Genre
Irony
Logos
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Satire
Setting
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
Verbal Irony

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