LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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No one’s
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Only those of the clergy
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Only those of the wealthy
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Only those who died of causes other than the plague
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Detailed explanation-1: -How is the narrator able to get in to see the pit? He bribes the sexton.
Detailed explanation-2: -But Defoe uses it as a plot device: his narrator must stay in London in order to observe the effects of plague, since that is what the whole book is about, but the narrator can’t just stay in an infection zone for no reason. His belief in divination makes the decision to stay in London more explicable.
Detailed explanation-3: -I think Swift means with the mentioning of the devouring of the “parents” is that landlords devour parents with work, so they can help provide with the best title to the children. If the parents are devoured with work, that means that they are getting paid, and getting paid means food for the children.