![]() ![]() Thus, the focal point of this paper is to evaluate the role of satire in the presentation of the conditions of poverty and population problems that hit Ireland in the 17 th Century. This suggestion of mothers selling their children is also mentioned by Phidian (1996) and it is considered as a great satirist approach (Phidian, p. ![]() Bullit (2003) indicated that at a point in the text the satire became extreme, when the author suggested buying the poverty driven children to ease the pressure in the government (Bullit, p. ![]() The language throughout has been amazingly controlled but extremely sharp and witty which succeeds to establish his point through creating exaggerations commonly seen in satires. Swift has lashed at several sectors of people directly related to and responsible for this disgraceful situation of Ireland and the inability of the political authority to do anything constructive and effective for the population living in utter distress. The essay had painted a live picture of the tremendous poverty of Irish people in the early eighteenth century. “ It was published in 1729 as an anonymous author’s essay in a pamphlet first” (Go, p. The unforgettable satirical essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift is an example of an extremely powerful satire. ![]()
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