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Satire in 'Gulliver's Travels'
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Lilliputians
The pettiness of British politics
Brobdingnagians
The shortsightedness of British foreign policy and moral relativism
Laputans
Ridicule of impractical scientific pursuits and Enlightenment optimism
Struldbrugs
The folly of the human desire for eternal youth and immortality
Houyhnhnms
Critique of Enlightenment ideals and human nature
Yahoos
Represents the worst aspects of human nature
The King of Lilliput
A figure of British royalty, exposing the frivolousness of autocratic power
Gulliver's capture in Lilliput
Represents the absurdity of human pride and pretensions
Brobdingnagian King's reaction to Gulliver's description of gunpowder
Repulsion at European reliance on weaponry and violence
The Academy of Lagado
Mockery of the Royal Society and its impractical experiments
Glubbdubdrib
Exposes the deceit of historical narratives and their creators
Brobdingnagian farmers
Reflects the exploitation of workers and imbalance of power between classes
The floating island of Laputa
A critical view of government aloofness and arbitrariness
Projectors in Lagado
Shows the foolishness of putting blind faith in technology and progress
Gulliver washing ashore
Symbolizes the European 'discovery' and often subsequent exploitation of foreign lands
Laputan women
Represents the neglect of domestic life and personal relationships for intellectual pursuits
The Engine
Satirizes the idea that machines could take over the work of the human mind
Gulliver's explanation of England
Highlights the absurdity and corruption of British institutions from an outsider's perspective
The Brobdingnagian farmer's daughter
She represents the capacity for kindness and benevolence in humans
Gulliver's view of the Yahoos
Represents disillusionment with and alienation from his own species
The Houyhnhnm Assembly's debate
Demonstrates the logical but cold rationalism of an overly rational society
Lilliputian law requiring subjects to break eggs at the smaller end
Represents the arbitrary nature of law and its enforcement
Gulliver extinguishing the fire in the Empress's chambers
Parodies the excesses of heroism and masculine bravado
Rebellion of Lindalino against the flying island of Laputa
Symbolizes colonial resistance and the struggle against oppressive rule
Gulliver's disillusionment and adaptation among the Houyhnhnms
Reflects on the limitations of human society through the idealization of a utopian culture
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