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Lilliputian Law as Allegory
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Swift’s satirical and allegorical use of the Big-Endian Little-Endian controversy in Book I of the Travels as a metaphor for political deficiencies and moral corruptions in early 18th Century England.
During the early years of the eighteenth century in England, Church and State were inextricably bound, making it virtually impossible to discuss one without the other. Therefore, Swift’s use of political satire is closely tied to the on-going religious controversies of his day and must be viewed in that light.
Seen through the eyes of Gulliver, a naïve visitor to the allegorical land of Lilliput, it appears that Swift’s intention in Book I was to satirize England’s Whig party and to defend her Tory ministry. Although more a Church man
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