Question

His Majesty desired I would take some other opportunity of bringing all the rest of his enemy’s ships into his ports. And so unmeasurable is the ambition of princes, that he seemed to think of nothing less than reducing the whole empire of Blefuscu into a province and governing it by a viceroy; of destroying the Big-Endian exiles and compelling that people to break the smaller end of their eggs, by which he would remain sole monarch of the whole world. . . .
What is the main idea of this paragraph from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift?


Gulliver believes the Emperor wants all the Big-Endian exiles to return to Lilliput.

Gulliver believes he should become the sole ruler of the entire world.

Gulliver believes the Lilliputian Emperor should take over the nation of Blefuscu.

Gulliver believes the Emperor is only concerned with ruling the world.

Answer 1

Gulliver believes the Emperor wants all the Big-Endian exiles to return to Lilliput.

Answer 2

The main idea of this paragraph from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Switf is:

Gulliver believes the Emperor is only concerned with ruling the world.

This idea is conveyed by the author when he expresses that the Emperor wants to reduce the whole empire and governing it by a viceroy, and that he wants to remain sole monarch of the whole world.