Essays on Satire

When people hear that they have to take literature, people think it’s the end of the word. Literature is misunderstood by the younger generation. Not fully understanding what literature is. Literature is known to be a term used to describe written or spoken material. Derived from the Latin word literature meaning ‘writing formed with letters,’...

Satire is a literary form that writers employ that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, and/or ridicule to mock the shortcomings of something in the real world. This is often done with the purpose of sparking change. In the texts ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell and ‘A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift, satire addresses problems such as...

‘To uphold this distinction, I introduce a weak proposal that satire is a genre which necessarily sets out to critique and entertain (with the qualification that these purposes necessarily interact, although neither is wholly instrumental to the other) (Wiley-Blackwell).’ It’s a form of humor and Irony. It’s a technique used to criticize society. It exposes...

The use of satire has been looked at as an opportunity to ridicule an idea or person to expose and criticize, but over the years satire has appeared to be everywhere which has led to misinterpretation and overuse. In the online article from The Baffler “Satirized For Your Consumption,” Ben Schwartz, a comedian himself, claims...

While Shaun of the dead is a brilliantly silly love letter to zombie films, it’s also a satire of the romantic comedy genre zombie film. It is a satire of romantic comedy genre, nested with a zombie film aesthetic. The film takes us on a journey through Shaun’s life and how much it changes. He...

There are many ways in which autocratic government suppress and oppress any opposition, but the regimes don’t usually last long as seen in Wole Soyinka’s King Baabu. The regime of Abacha which Wole Soyinka satirizes in the play is an instance. He is a character that misuse power and abuse power over anything in his...

Satire is a writing technique used to show readers the flaws and foolishness of an individual/people or society. The author writes in a way that exposes and criticizes the thing that is being satirized. The goal of satire is to expose the wrongdoing of a person/people or society so that it can be better and...

Each writer has his own approach to creating a narrative, rich in deep imagery and virtuoso conveying the main idea, message, and argument of the creator. In this regard, the well-known pamphlet ‘A Modest Proposal,’ written by Jonathon Swift, is a fascinating case of using satire as the primary method for effectively revealing social problems...

Street artists have been using digital platforms to share their interpretations of social and political issues through art. These digital media platforms, such as Instagram, Youtube and Stan have allowed artists to share their works to audiences around the world. By advertising their street art online, artworks which used to be considered temporary can now...

In Thomas More’s 1516, socio-political satire, Utopia, he challenges the values of his contemporary world. Through the book, he is able to criticise many of the political, social, and economic ways of his society. In the book Moore explores a perfect island of Utopia through a carefully constructed character of Raphael. The Utopians are a...