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SATIRE

SATIRE. Laughter through criticism, mocking, irony, hyperboles, and sarcasm. . What is SATIRE?. Satire is a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform (think change).

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SATIRE

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  1. SATIRE Laughter through criticism, mocking, irony, hyperboles, and sarcasm.

  2. What is SATIRE? • Satire is a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform (think change). • Satires can be works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, or poetry and are usually humorous in nature. • It exposes and criticizes foolishness and corruption.

  3. FUNCTIONS of satire. • To make readers feel critical of themselves, of their fellow human beings, or of their society • To make readers laugh at human foolishness and weakness • To make fun of vicious, selfish, mean-spirited people in the hope that we will see ourselves in such people and mend our ways • To expose errors and absurdities that we no longer notice because custom and familiarity have blinded us to them

  4. SATIRE IN EVERY DAY. Some shows on television are examples of satire like “The Daily Show,” “The Colbert Report.” These shows claim to target what they think are stupid political and social viewpoints.

  5. SATIRE IN EVERY DAY. Most political cartoons which we witness every day in newspapers and magazines are examples of satire. These cartoons criticize some recent actions of political figures in a comical way.

  6. How could this CARTOONbe considered SATIRE?

  7. SATIRE & IRONY. • Satire and Irony are very much interlinked! • Ironyis the difference between what is said or done and what is actually meant. (think opposite) • Therefore, writers frequently employ satire to point at the dishonesty and/or silliness of individuals and society and criticize them by ridiculing them.

  8. How could this PICTUREbe considered IRONY?

  9. FUNCTION of SATIRE. • The role of satire is to ridicule or criticize those vices in the society, which the writer considers a threat to the civilization. The writer considers it his obligation to expose these vices for the betterment of humanity. Therefore, the function of satire is not to make others laugh at persons or ideas they make fun of. • It intends at warning public against and changing their opinions about the prevailing corruption in the society.

  10. EXAMPLE in LITERATURE • There are numerous examples of satire in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. • He uses satire as a tool to share his ideas and opinion on slavery, human nature,and many other issues that afflicted American society at that time. • Example: “The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that’s what an army is–a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness.” (chap 22)

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