VALUES AND BELIEFS:

• Greco-Roman religious culture
• WEALTH MONEY AND PROPERTY
• Merchantallism which was in economic theory where they believed that trade increased wealth.

GENRE AND STYLE:

• Pros & Poetry
• Augustan Age was considered to be a high point of British Satire writing
• They wrote in a very romantic way

AUTHORS:

• Alexander Pope- "The Rape of The Lock"
• John Dryden- "The Hind and The Panther"
• Jonathan Swift- " A Modest Proposal"
• Daniel Defoe- "Robinson Crueso"
• John Gay- "Trivia"

HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGE:

"I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for the landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children."

This is the first time Swift likens the actions of wealthy citizens to the act of eating. He gives readers plenty of time to get hooked before he lays blame on the landlords.