A_Modest_Proposal

A Modest Proposal "A Modest Proposal" Jonathan Swift's satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" on the surface follows the classical elements of persuasive writing that we use today. His essay is often modeled in editorials and columns today. However, with careful attention to his audience and a few clever tricks, Swift uses these classical elements to his own purpose, and the reader is caught in a persuasive trap. Let's see how he accomplishes this. The last half of the eighteenth century has been called the Neoclassical Age, a time when writers and leaders looked to the Roman and Greek classics for their ideals in writing and in common life. These classical writings called for self-control and a peaceful life surrounded by selected friends. However, Swift saw his country as a sad contrast to this classic ideal. He saw moral emptiness, political corruption, and gross abuse of power essay, proposal, classical, swift, , writing, today, time, swift's, self-control, saw, satirical, reader, persuasive, often, modest, modeled, makes, life, irish, however, form, english, elements, caught, called, yet, writings, writes, writers, while, wealthy, using, until, tricks, tone, today's, throughout, this, text, surrounded, surface, solution , slums, sincere, serious, selected, sad, roman