The exploration of the human nature, of the mind and of experience, forms the basis for the works of writers like John Donne or Jonathan Swift

The exploration of the hu while nature, of the learning ability and of experience, forms the basis for the work of writers homogeneous John Donne or Jonathan quick. Swift in full utilizes the mental realism as he tries to be as faithful to the nature of human headland as he conceives it to be, while Donne injects drama and rut into the lyrical form and enlivens the poem done the speakers voice. passim his poems, John Donne con spatial relationrs his own character, expresses emotions, and searches for a place in a hostelry as well as for salvation.The lector is impressd in the drama in the midst of the speaker and the blank au cave innce and the use of conceits and paradoxes precaution in establishing the change and turmoil within the speaker or the poet. As John C bey writes in his essay, this hammy mode packs the poems intense, but temporary, like masks or costumes. Thus, Donne piece of tailnister be theatrical, switch roles, expose thoughts and ultimately, expr ess different kingdoms of mind, to dramatize the potential for contraries within himself. (C bey, xxv) Similarly, Jonathan Swift in his work Gullivers Travels, utilizes Gullivers narrative voice as a means of characterizing his person but the notion that the booster station is also an object of Swifts satire makes the reader witting of the by chance unreliable nature of the storyteller. Thus, in their works, some(prenominal) Donne and Swift trace the path of conciousness and the work of the mind and ultimately provide commentary on kind matters such(prenominal) as religion (Donne) or society and politics(Swift). John Donnes sonnet 5, reflects the mode of dramtic realism in its expounding of the speakers thought fulfil and change.The speaker confronts a strong fear of sin and punishment with a plea to be forgiven or cleansed, either by water or by fire. He recognizes himself as a microcosam but also by chance fears that these elements or substances that we are built of an d which are combined with spiritualty or soul-angelic sprite will die and be condemned, as expressed in both parts must die. The speaker then c all tolds for heavenly seas, new seas to drown him or at least to wash his world-himself, which if looked through Christian symbolism can indicate his desire to be cleansed or purged from slow sin.More over, the structure of the poem also conveys the mentation of psychological realism and of melodramatic mode in that the change happens in line 10. Donne does follow the Petrarchan sonnet style in that the change occurs in become 6 lines but instead of it happening in the 9th line he chooses to place it in the following(a) line. The phrase, that signifies the change, But oh it must be burnt represents a sharp change because the images of tears and water are replaced by fire imagery. The flames, fiery zeal and electrocution evoke a more dark state of mind and the final realization that the only trend toward salvation is by Lords fire.T hus, this disruption, both in imagery and the poems structure, common to his style, reflects the thought in make for as well as perhaps, Donnes rejection of the form and the accepted. respectable as the speaker finds the washing and tears insufficient, Donne perhaps finds the Petrarchan sonnet form insufficient to express his scarper of thoughts and emotions. As discussed in class, it is a poetic trick, a peculiar combination of playfulness and artificiality in a passionate cry. The poet thus, does more than just tell, he shows.Gullivers Travels appears to be a ship doctors account of his voyages into strange places, but it is actually a criticism of the human race. confine 4 reveals the bestial and brutal view of humankind through the depiction of Yahoos, the servants of a race of horses, called Houyhnhnms who are characterized with Reason. The psychological realism is conveyed primarily though the narrator and the protagonist, Gulliver. For the readers, he is the only source of information and as no contradictory observation are offered, at first it is difficult for the reader to choose a particular attitude.Although the ending and Gullivers choice of spiritstyle may appear ridiculous or on limit of insanity, it is still moving and effective. Gulliver, has undergone a transformation from a proud Englishmen to a man ashamed of the immaculate species to which he belongs. This shame that he finds is the shame that the reader can clearly see. The ridiculisy behind war, the concepts of greed and envy, the exposition of lawyers, it is all relatable. However the dramatic or psychological component exists in Gullivers narrative that ultimately reveals the unreliableness and irony of his character.As a traveled, adventurous man of experience one expects him to be open apt(p) but in the end, by his stern defensive measure of all humanity, the reader can realize that he is far from a creature of reason, (that he perhaps believes himself to be) and instead h e tends to judge and adapt through identification with a group, much like the legal age of human beings. Perhaps, then such detail that Swift adds such as the room where Gulliver sleeps is actually central among the Yahoos and the Houyhnhnms, and this can then be seen as the position most of us find ourselves in, between pure reason and pure emotion or between stoicism and eupicurenism.Then the character like Captain Mendez also represents this balance and contradicts Gullivers perhaps over bitter, generalization of humanity. This depiction also offers the reader an vindication to identify with the better more positive side of human nature. However, Swift continues to show the bitterness and dividing line between the Yahoos and Houyhnhms. The filtiness of the Yahoos their diet is contrasted to the Houyhnhnm cleanliness and simple diet.Gulliver cannot live on the repetitive but healthy diet of the Houyhnhnms, and this is perhaps Swifts way of once again pointing at advertize hu man barbarism. But at the same snip it can be argued that Houyhnhnms are also an humourous device and not an ideal. Their oral communication is limited, they use and make for Yahoos as servants and they cannot even mourn their dead. In addition, Gullivers detest for the Yahoos should not be taken at flavour value(like much of his narrative) because the Yahoos, too, are exaggerations. Just as brio of pure reason is inadequate so is the life of pure emotion.Moreover, in the last chapters, Gullivers behaviour and acts such as buying the stallions and talking to them for hours in the language of Houyhnhnms, or making his wife seat at the far end of the table, are illogical and bizarre. Thus, all the experience he has gone through and the manageable understanding, can not be taken rattling seriously because the narrator who tells us the story lacks sarcastic judgement in a sense that he fails to see his own inconsistencies and flows. This is what makes the novel a sarcastic on e, because as discussed in class, Swift has created a breakage between the story itself and the voice telling the story.It is in the place of this gap that the reader enters and needs to make an evaluation. Despite his desire for privacy and the guarding of his poems, Donne appears concerned to involve the reader into the probing and surprising thought process that also perhaps reflects the uncertainty, passion and discovery of the reincarnation period. Thus, both Swifts use of narrative voice and Donnes dramatic mode have the effect of engaging the reader into the work and provoking his judgement. It is through this collaboration that the implication is generated.