Obsequious

Plato's view of literature is tendentious in the sense that he sensed that literary works influence people with radical ideologies. 

However manic it sounds, his theory of mimesis on the part of the audience, that states that people imitate the emotions and actions of the characters of a literary work, has been perceived true in today's world. 

Aristotle by bringing in a formalistic evaluation of literature, especially tragic drama, extenuates Plato's attack on poetry. 

The Houyhnhnm master informs Gulliver that a bay belongs to the lower rank of their societal hierarchy and so it serves as a servant in their house. 

Yahoos are not obsequious by nature and therefore a certain amount of coercion is inflicted upon them to render them obedient.