Gulliver's travel as satire presented by : Nidhi Jasani

1. TOPIC: GULLIVER'S
TRAVEL AS SATIRE
Prepared by : Nidhi R. Jasani
Roll no. :18
Enrolment no. : 14101018
Course : 2, The neo-classical literature
Submitted to: M.K. Bhavnagar University
department of English
Email : nidhijasani15@gmail.com

3. JONATHAN SWIFT
30th November, 1667
Dublin
Great satirist

4. Definition of satire
“Satire is genre of literature, and sometimes
graphic, and performing arts, in which vices,
follies, abuses, and shortcoming are held up to
ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming,
individuals corporation, and society itself into
improvement

5. • swift’s satire are inspired by his heart of
man kind
• The novel is most powerful attack on
human weakness and spirituality
• Indirectly satire on British rulers

6.  Lilliputians are tine it shows narrowness of
mind.
 He use Lilliputians as puppets.

7.  In Brobdingnag
 The increased comic effect is achieved mainly
at the expense of Gulliver
 Court jester
 Gulliver was so small that king can just lift
him with his hand and stroke him as if he
were a pet.

8.  In voyage to laputa
 In this voyage satire on philosopher and
power is shown by use of technology
 King’s unawareness
 Unstableness
 Christianity

10.  In fourth voyage
 Compression of man with animal
 Animals are cultured
 It is also shows that man living degenerated
 Selfishness of human nature
 Four lags are good and two lags are bad

11. *Conclusion
 All are comic satire
 In upper layer this novel is childish novel but if
we observe in deep we found satire on man
kind.

12. Thank you
Have joyful
Day