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    has been used by artists to create works which are powerful‚ confronting and satirical.” Photomontages have been created by various artists including Hannah Hoch and John Heartfield. It is the technique of cutting and combining photos to create pictures which aren’t seen in reality and is used by artists to produce works which are powerful (having great influence)‚ confronting (present acknowledgements) and satirical (the use of irony). Hannah Hoch was born in Gotha‚ Germany on November 1st‚

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    A Modest Proposal – Analytical Response By Garry Jenkins ‘A Modest Proposal’‚ written by Jonathan Swift in 1729‚ is a satirical text responding to the social issues in Ireland relating to the increasing population‚ leading to more homeless beggars struggling to support themselves let alone their many children. Swift’s clever use of irony‚ sarcasm‚ paralipsis‚ hyperbole and evocative language helps convey his point of view. Swift proposes that the poor should sell their children in order

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    towards Old Leisure. Anadiplosis is used again‚ however‚ to indicate a different tone towards contemporary leisure‚ when Elliot mentions that “Even idleness is eager now- eager for amusement”. The tone here can be interpreted as critical and slightly satirical‚ as she criticizes the notion that leisure is being created as a result of technological advances‚ when in reality‚ “it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in”.

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    Anne Bradstreet In a criticism by James Ryan on Anne Bradstreet’s over all poetic history. At around 1639‚ Bradstreet became interested in the composition of many types of poetry. There was a great variety of poems that she wrote such as elegies‚ dialogues‚ religious verse‚ and love lyrics. Many of her poems were wrote about her everyday life dealing with her family or major events that occurred. Publishing a book in the seventeenth-century in England was an amazing accomplishment for a

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    13 February 2013 "Sonnet 130" – William Shakespeare An Unconventional Love I will be writing about William Shakespeare ’s poem "Sonnet 130." In the sonnet‚ every other line rhymes‚ with the exception of the last two lines which rhyme on their own as a rhyming couplet. The poem follows the rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b‚ c-d-c-d‚ e-f-e-f‚ g-g. This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter‚ containing fourteen lines and ten syllables within each line. The iambic pentameter makes the sonnet sound redundant

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    The target of the satirical article‚ “Top 6 Issues Facing Americans Today”‚ is American citizens and the culture they have established. It critiques some of America’s flaws‚ such as selfishness‚ entitlement‚ and gluttony‚ and highlights them by exaggerating slight daily dilemmas. The article outlines the “top six so called ‘First World Problems’” that Americans face and discusses how these issues “wreck havoc in the lives of Americans”. Citizens are portrayed as complaining‚ petty‚ and materialistic

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    Grangerford runs off to elope with Harney Shepherdson. After both families heard about this‚ they engage in a gunfight in which Huck escapes back to the raft with Jim. In this episode‚ Twain uses multiple satirical devices to criticize “civilized” society. Over the course of this chapter‚ Twain uses the satirical devices of hyperbole‚ irony‚ and travesty to mock “civilized” society. First‚ Twain uses hyperbole while Buck is explaining to Huck what a feud is. Buck illustrates‚ “A feud is this way: A man has

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    burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit‚ militant irony and sarcasm. When examining satirical texts it is important to understand that there are two forms of satire‚ Horatian and Juvenalian‚ both named after the ancient Roman poets Horace and Juvenal‚ who both claimed to write in the

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    Explore how DBC Pierre displays his ideas to shock the audience in Vernon God Little. Vernon God Little‚ written by DBC Pierre‚ is a satirical novel based around a massacre at a high school in Texas in which some of the students got possession of a gun and murdered some of their teachers and fellow students. The novel is about a boy called Vernon who is best friends with the main killer‚ Jesus. Vernon is framed as an accessory to murder and the story line follows the down fall of his life. There

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    Analysing Satire

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    The satirical piece to be analysed is a piece from the Onion a well-known satirical show / site. The piece of theirs is called “armed gunman” sketch from the onion movie. All the satirical elements displayed within the sketch‚ as well as the invited alternate and resistant views of the piece will be analysed and discussed throughout the remainder of this speech. There are three main types of satire‚ gentle‚ barbed and savage. Gentle satire also known as horatian laughs along with the subject

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