character sketch of Lilliputian king and Gulliver
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Swift is definitely playing with fire with this one: the Lilliputian Emperor represents the King of England at the time of the publication of Gulliver's Travels, George I. George was a strongly pro-Whig king. The King actively persecuted the Tories, hence the whole high heel/low heel thing (discussed in the Lilliputians' "Character Analysis"). The Emperor's vulnerability to manipulation by his ministers, Flimnap and Skyresh Bolgolam, implies that the actual King, George I, is too easily influenced by his favorites.
The Emperor of Lilliput also loves war, and really wants to enslave the people of his neighboring island, Blefuscu. When Gulliver refuses to help him destroy Blefuscu's freedom, the Emperor starts to hate Gulliver. This may be a reference to George I's war with France and Austria over Spanish territories in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Besides satirizing the man's government, Swift gets in a couple of quick jabs at his personal appearance: apparently George I was really unattractive (source: Robert Greenberg, Editor, Gulliver's Travels. New York: Norton, 1961, 13). This makes Gulliver's excessively admiring physical description of the Lilliputian Emperor kind of snippy.
The Emperor of Lilliput also loves war, and really wants to enslave the people of his neighboring island, Blefuscu. When Gulliver refuses to help him destroy Blefuscu's freedom, the Emperor starts to hate Gulliver. This may be a reference to George I's war with France and Austria over Spanish territories in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Besides satirizing the man's government, Swift gets in a couple of quick jabs at his personal appearance: apparently George I was really unattractive (source: Robert Greenberg, Editor, Gulliver's Travels. New York: Norton, 1961, 13). This makes Gulliver's excessively admiring physical description of the Lilliputian Emperor kind of snippy.
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GULLIVER----He was a restless soul.He was very adventurous .Through he had a comfortable beginning to his life , he did not have interest in that life .He tried settling down in London and set up practice as a surgeon but failed. He yearned to look at journeying by himself. ....
KING---The emperor has been portrayed as a genius character .He is an excellent mathematics and a renowned patron of learning.The Emperor was kind enough to arrange for food and drink that would suffice for Gulliver's gigantic appetite .His governance was organized and orderly as could be.There is another aspect to this character who is in large hearted too,as a does not flinch while spending on the food supplies for Gulliver's....
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GULLIVER----He was a restless soul.He was very adventurous .Through he had a comfortable beginning to his life , he did not have interest in that life .He tried settling down in London and set up practice as a surgeon but failed. He yearned to look at journeying by himself. ....
KING---The emperor has been portrayed as a genius character .He is an excellent mathematics and a renowned patron of learning.The Emperor was kind enough to arrange for food and drink that would suffice for Gulliver's gigantic appetite .His governance was organized and orderly as could be.There is another aspect to this character who is in large hearted too,as a does not flinch while spending on the food supplies for Gulliver's....
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