Character
Main protagonist in the novel
What is Gulliver
Where does Gulliver travel to where he meets a race of intelligent horses
What is land of the Houyhnhnms
What theme is shown as the tendency of people to feel superior to those who are different
What is human nature
Exciting laughter through exaggeration, portrayal of improbable or comedic situations
What is farce/exaggeration
"The use of speech was to make us understand one another, and to receive information of facts: now, if anyone said the thing which was not, these ends were defeated"
What is antithesis
Species of intelligence who are horse like creatures
What is Houyhnhnms
What are the human liked creatures
What is Yahoos
What theme is shown as ignorant lawyers and judges attaining power in the novel.
What is corruption
Harsh abusive language directed against a person or cause
what is invective
"Reason in time will always prevail against brute strength"
What is antithesis
Gulliver's wife in the novel
What job does Gulliver take on while living with the Houyhnhnms
What is servant
What theme is shown as the Houyhnhnms make decisions based on reason
What is reasoning and logic
Ludicrous, repulsive, or incongruous distortion in appearance. Bizarre events or characters.
"made no other use of reason, than by its assistance, to aggravate our natural corruptions and to acquire new ones, which nature had not given us"
What is irony
Gray horse who Gulliver first meets when attacked and controls Houyhnhnms.
What is Houyhnhnms master or Master Horse
Why do the Houyhnhnms decide Gulliver must leave
What is he is too similar to the Yahoos
What theme is shown as the Yahoos tend to act without reason and rely on physical attributes.
What is savage behavior
Coitizing social customs and human nature
What is social satire
Gulliver describes how wars in Europe are caused by "The difference in opinion, especially if it be in things indifferent"
What is satire
Portuguese captain who rescues Gulliver
What is Pedro de Mendez
How does Gulliver react after returning home
What is degusted and enlightened
Gulliver contrast the Houyhnhnms rationality with the Yahoos reliance on this.
Brute force and savage behavior
Swift makes fun of the experiments going on at the academy demonstrating this satire example.
What is scientific satire
Gulliver mentions the sign of his family fills him with, "Hatred, disgust, and contempt"
What is hyperbola