The purpose of this thesis is to grasp Jonathan Swift's ideal human characteristics and thoughts by investigating how he satirizes England using the diverse presences of human characters in Gulliver's Travels. As a representative work of the satire literature based on the 18th century of England, it clearly shows how the author thinks of his society through the lens of his life experience and philosophy.
Introduction describes the British society in the 18th century and Swift's views of human beings represented throughout the work. Chapter 2 analyzes the characters in the work in a way to satirizing people of the British society. Chapter 3 examines how social corruption of politics, law, and custom of England were satirized in "A Voyage to Lilliput, " "A Voyage to Brobdingnag, " "A Voyage to Laputa, " and "A Voyage to Houyhnhnms. "
Therefore, this the shows how Swift ideally satirizes the British people in the 18th century who believed that they were in the top of the world. In doing so, he leads readers to recognize double face of human beings at that time and face a moment of enlightening themselves in understanding what is defined to be best quality in human personality