Question

explain the Gulliver fourth voyage and last voyage give me the answer of 10 marks

Answer 1

The fourth voyage of Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is one of the most studied voyages. It is a veritable happy hunting ground for critics. Critics have concerned with two problems, "what do Yahoos and Houyhnhnms stand for? And what moral Swift was drawing from them?” Allen Bloom thinks that it is a projection of platonic utopia but it is a simple satire against humanity. Swift has More’s utopia in this voyage.

The fourth voyage takes Gulliver to land of Houyhnhnms and Yahoos. There are bestial  humans and rational horses. Houyhnhnms represent the "horses" and "perfection of nature". They are beautiful horses, strong, healthy, and simple. They lived in beautiful houses. They have an organized unity. There is no vice among them. There are no quarrels, no lie, no theft, no dishonesty and no artificiality. Marriage to them is not source of emotional and sensual pleasure. It is only for them to continue reproduction of race. They can change their wives and children if they require. They cannot allow any stranger to enter into their land except any species called "Yahoos".