The Use of Satire in Swift's “A modest Proposal”



The Use of Satire in Swift's “A modest Proposal”

Satire is an element of comedy often used by authors in the form of verse or prose that denotes and ridicules highly debatable issues of society. This is seen throughout Jonathon Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which talks about the complexity of Ireland's economical, political and social issues, as well as Wayne Grady's The Metric System, which highlights the way Canadians have combined both the metric and imperial systems to better suit their moods.

Authors use dark humor as a way of shedding light upon serious ...