Read the following William Blake excerpt, then answer the qu…

Read the following William Blake excerpt, then answer the question.”If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.”What philosophical idea does Blake present in this excerpt from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell?

Read the following excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels, then ans…

Read the following excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels, then answer the question. “When I beheld the shapes of their bodies, and observed their inconceivable agility, and the fleetness of their motion, I stood amazed, and ran a while with the others. But as soon as I discovered, to my utter astonishment, that I could only keep pace with them when they were walking, I was almost ready to fall down with laughter at my own ridiculous attempt, and could not contain myself from shouting out loud, although to the discomfiture of those around me.”What is the main point Swift is making in this excerpt through the narrator’s experience?