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Cambridge English Dictionary defines "satire" as "a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing that uses this style."
The following phrase from the passage best helps the reader to identify the passage as a satire :
He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.
This passage has been taken from part three of Gulliver's Travels. It is a satire based on the Royal Society's scientific and experimental approach at the time of the publication of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."
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ended is the correct answer
In Greek mythology, Laius, king of Thebes, consulted the oracles and was told that he would have a son. This son was going to kill him. ... The name Oedipus means “swollen feet”.
I think it is C but not 100% sure
