Analüüs Swifti kirjandusest inglise keeles
Only the internal
politics of Lilliput are described in detail; these are parodies of British politics, in which the great central
issues of the day are belittled and reduced to unimportance.
For instance, the two major political parties of the day were the Whigs and the Tories. The Tories are
parodied as the Tramecksanor "HighHeels" (due to their adhesion to the high church party of
the Church of England, and their exalted views of royal supremacy), while the Whigs are represented
as the Slamecksan or "LowHeels" (the Whigs inclined toward low church views, and believed
in parliamentary supremacy). These issues, generally considered to be of fundamental importance to
the constitution of Great Britain, are reduced by Swift to a difference in fashions.
The Emperor of Lilliput is described as a partisan of the LowHeels, just as King George I employed
only Whigs in his administration; the Emperor's heir is described as having "one of his heels higher
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