English Language · English Literature
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: Jonathan Swift, a key figure in the Scriblerus Club alongside Alexander Pope and John Gay, earned a reputation for misanthropy among 18th-century critics because his portrayal of humanity as degenerate 'Yahoos' in 'Gulliver's Travels' was viewed as a severe degradation of human nature. Reason R: This satirical characterization was a deliberate effort to align with the 'Optimistic Philosophy' and 'Mechanistic Worldview' found in Pope's 'An Essay on Man', which celebrated the human mind as a rational and ordered system. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
- 2Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- 3A is correct but R is not correct✓
- 4A is not correct but R is correct
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A is correct but R is not correct
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