211k views
1 vote
Read the selection below from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and answer the question that follows. He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He was then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and three-quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity and generally victorious. . . . He held his sword drawn in his hand to defend himself, if I should happen to break loose: it was almost three inches long; the hilt and scabbard were gold enriched with diamonds. His voice was shrill, but very clear and articulate, and I could distinctly hear it when I stood up. Who is being described in the passage above?

2 Answers

4 votes

It is from the second chapter of the novel where Gulliver describes emperor of Lilliput before making memories of the nature. He is very small, almost the height of a nail. The emperor is both satiric and serious description of politics.

User Pablo Souza
by
8.2k points
5 votes
The Emperor of Lilliput, who is tall by the standards of Lilliput.
User Guven
by
8.5k points