Analüüs Swifti kirjandusest inglise keeles
The danger of ambition is also figured here; jumping
badly can lead to death.
Having Gulliver stand with his legs apart so that the Lilliputian armies can walk through is also a
ridiculous idea. It is a comment on the pomp and circumstance of English armies. To Swift it seems
that armies are often more concerned with looking impressive than with being impressive. This scene
might also be an allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes, described in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare as a
largerthanlife figure that men could walk through the legs of.
The war between the English and the French is parodied in the conflict between the Lilliputians and
the Blefuscudians. Their conflict over which end of the egg to break reflects the centuriesold conflict
over how to practice religionas Protestants or Catholics. While the wars over religion certainly were
very serious, Swift suggests that what was being fought over (at least on the religious rather than the
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