Irish Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (430 words, 1 pages)

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is unreasonable for obvious reasons. It is exorbitant! It is preposterous! It is monstrous for god sakes! Yes, just the thought of consuming human flesh is enough to make the average Joe's stomach churn with disgust. The idea of stewing, roasting, baking, boiling, fricasseeing an ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Democracy and the Role of George Bernard Shaw (764 words, 3 pages)

Analysis of Democracy- George Bernard Shaw once said "Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few...", and while I don't have nearly such a bleak outlook on our method of government, Mr. Shaw does hold an iota of truth in his quotation. In a perfect ... Read More

A Character Analysis Through Chapters in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (561 words, 1 pages)

1.)In chapter one, a significant event was when Stephen went up to the reactors office to tell of Father Dolans pandying him. He felt that he had been falsely punished and did not want it to happen again. This seems to be a turning point for Stephen because it took ... Read More

A Description of a Climate of Self-Conscious Emotional Inarticulacy in James Joyce’s The Dead and T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (3468 words, 4 pages)

Though James Joyce's realist short story "The Dead" and T.S. Eliot's mock-epic poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both describe a climate of self-conscious emotional inarticulacy and division, the protagonists of each work deny themselves the pleasures of the present by their refusal to integrate differing tenses into ... Read More

An Analysis of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1422 words, 2 pages)

It is human nature to strive for paradise, but is it actually attainable? There have been countless attempts to establish utopian societies, yet ultimately, all have failed. In his work, Gulliver's Travels, Swift recounts the journeys of Gulliver to various fantastical lands. Each land is vastly different from our own ... Read More

Analyzing James Joyce’s Araby and Comparing Critiques by Deer and Deer, Litz, Atherton and Stone (985 words, 2 pages)

The story, "Araby" by James Joyce, is a short story about a young boy's life and his quest to impress the young girl for whom he has feelings. The protagonists to the young boy, including the young girl, are the boy's uncle, and the people at the Bazaar booth. The ... Read More

Religion in A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1174 words, 2 pages)

Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several key events lead Stephen to throw off ... Read More

A review of a Play Based on Overruled by George Bernard Shaw (411 words, 1 pages)

Tonight I saw the play Overruled by George Bernard Shaw. It was absolutely charming! I was so impressed by the ascents they used and the dialect they developed for each of their characters. All of the actors seemed very well rehearsed and prepared for the roles they undertook. They all ... Read More

A Report on the Book “A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift” (512 words, 1 pages)

A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift In very simple terms, A Modest Proposal is a satire of the social and economic events in Ireland. It was written in the early eighteenth century in an attempt to shame England and to shock Ireland. Jonathan Swift lived in an Ireland which was a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Gulliver Travels by Jonathan Swift (804 words, 1 pages)

Lamuel Gulliver Jonathan Swift is one of the best known satirists in the history of literature. When one reads his works, especially something like Gullivers Travels, it is easy for one to spot the misanthropic themes, which emerge within his characterization. Lamuel Gulliver is an excellent protagonist a keen observer, ... Read More

A Discussion on Jonathan Swift and Religion (1189 words, 2 pages)

God only knows from whence came Freud's theory of penis envy, but one of his more tame theories, that of 'reverse psychology', may have its roots in the satire of the late Jonathan Swift. I do not mean to assert that Swift employed or was at all familiar with that ... Read More

An Analysis of Araby a Story by James Joyce (844 words, 2 pages)

Jenna Hecker Moss, Analysis and Interpretation of Literature Analysis of Araby 92804 Araby, by James Joyce is a story about a young boy experiencing his first feelings of attraction to the opposite sex, and the way he deals with it. The story's young protagonist is unable to explain or justify ... Read More

A Biography of James Joyce an Irish Novelist and Poet (1713 words, 2 pages)

English III James Joyce, an Irish novelist and poet, grew up near Dublin. James Joyce is one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century. In each of his prose works he used symbols to experience what he called an 'epiphany', the revelation of certain revealing qualities about himself. ... Read More

The Question of Rationality of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (848 words, 3 pages)

Gulliver's Travels - Houyhnhnmland- One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or ... Read More

The Theme of Humanity in Gullivers Travel by Jonathan Swift (663 words, 1 pages)

Gullivers Travel, by Jonathan Swift, is a novel filled with adventures in a range of extreme societies. Lemuel Gulliver is the narrator and the central character of this novel. He grows up in Nottinghamshire. He is the third of five sons in a middle-class family. He then became a surgeon ... Read More

The Satire in Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift (762 words, 2 pages)

Gullivers Travels In Gullivers Travels the author Jonathan Swifts main satire are the people that are in the government and other high office positions. Jonathan Swift idea is to satirize the government officials by making them look ridiculous on the decisions they made. He also shows in his work that ... Read More

A Comparison of the Works by Jonathan Swift and Alexander the Pope (1062 words, 2 pages)

Although there are many different themes and writing styles in early 18th Century writings, two of the greatest satirists of all time, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, shared some of the most effective, moving, and influential themes and writing styles of the time period. These great writers, authors of ?The ... Read More

The Critique of Araby by James Joyce (630 words, 1 pages)

Critiquing James Joyces Araby As I read Araby by James Joyce, the shadows encompassing the boys life crept up on me. The story is viewed through the eyes of an adult male who is reflecting on his childhood memories of the young inexperienced adolescent he once was. The almost lifeless ... Read More

The Methods and Objectives of Satire Gulliver’s Travels, a Modest Proposal and the Lady’s Dressing Room by Swift (1976 words, 3 pages)

An Essay on the methods and objectives of Swift's satire. This essay will look at the first quotation of Swift's and analyse his use of satire in Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal and The Lady's Dressing Room. Along with Pope, Gay, and other literary lights, Swift was a member of ... Read More

A Comparison of James Joyce Life and Stephen Dedalus Character in a Portrait as Rebellion (1031 words, 3 pages)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Religion as Repression Like his protagonist, James Joyce was an Irish Catholic. He was also sent to Clongowes Wood College to board and study as a young boy. In effect the story is in part an autobiography of Joyce's own life ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry: Candide by Marie De Voltaire, Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift and Oroonoko by Aphra Behn (2263 words, 3 pages)

The eighteenth century is often called an age of reason, propriety, and enlightenment but it was also an age of squalor, filth, disease, crime, prostitution, violence, and insanity and these less attractive (but perhaps more interesting) elements are favorites of the eighteenth century writers. Satire was an important form of ... Read More

Religious Themes In “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”, a Novel by James Joyce (1202 words, 2 pages)

Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several ... Read More

Though there exist several different themes and writing styles in early 18th Century writings, two of the greatest satirists of all time and close friends, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, shared some of the most effective, moving, and influential thoughts and writing styles of the time period. However, as much ... Read More

Jonathan Swift’s Satirical Essays Displayed England’s Oppresion of Ireland (2316 words, 3 pages)

Have You Eaten Yet? Swifts Final Solution As a lately favored eighteenth century essay, Jonathan Swifts Proposal has been canonized as a satirical model of wit. As will be discussed shortly, Swifts essay is often seen as an allegory for Englands oppression of Ireland. Swift, himself and Irishman (Tucker 142), ... Read More

The Different Approaches to the Idea of Freedom by Martin Luther King Jr. And Jonathan Swift (453 words, 1 pages)

Martin Luther King jr. and Jonathan Swift, both persuasive writers and speakers, write for a very similar purpose they wish to 'free the oppressed.' It is interesting that they induce their audience in practically opposite ways. King condemns the oppressors, spreading the message of hope to the oppressed while Swift ... Read More

A Comparison of James Joyce’s Works “Ulysses” and “The Portrait” (1430 words, 2 pages)

Ulysses gives a striking picture of a single days life microscopically revealed of two middle class Irish men Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, both residents in Dublin. Technically the work is marked in part by eccentricities in form such as the economy of the punctuation, for instance, a frankness of ... Read More

A Mix of Sarcasm and Irony in a Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (1514 words, 2 pages)

Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet ... Read More

An Overview of James Joyce’s Story Araby (1074 words, 2 pages)

Life in Dublin In James Joyce's story Araby, it was supposed to be a simple love story about a young boy who was in loved with his neighbors sister. But indeed the main point of the story is to demonstrate adolescence of a young boy, the young boys changed of ... Read More

The Use of Satire and Criticism of the Modern Life in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (705 words, 3 pages)

SATIRE OF GULLIVERS TRAVELS Jonathan Swifts satirical prose, Gullivers Travels, is the subject of a wide variety of literary critique and social interpretation. Although many readers, at first glance, take this tale to be simply a fantastic narrative of a common man and his encounters with unusual locations and people ... Read More

To Ridicule Europeans Folly in Gullivers Travel by Jonathan Swift (791 words, 1 pages)

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift is mostly viewed in two ways. The first of these two is as a fanciful adventure, filled with exciting tales of a man named Lemuel Gulliver and the voyages he took. Other people may see the book to be ridiculing ... Read More

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