A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

modest proposal

whats ironic in swifts use of modest to describe his proposal

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Modest would imply that the proposal is tolerable or fair...... in this context, fair would be a stretch. Swift is proposing that children would make a great dinner. The word "modest" wreaks of sarcasm.

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