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    Swift artillery to create satire in "A Modest Proposal". In "A Modest Proposal"‚ Swift uses several different words to create satire‚ one of which is the word ’breeders ’. He uses the term breeders in reference to the women. In several paragraphs he talks about these breeders and their role. "I calculate there may be about 200‚000 couples whose wives are breeders;"(Swift 2) The way that he refers to the women as breeders instead of mothers‚ wives or women creates satire. Instead of talking about

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    define satire and its purpose. Finally‚ end with a thesis statement which indicates your purpose. Your thesis should focus on how chivalry and courtly love can be satirized. MUST BE 5-7 sentences. MUST HAVE a thesis statement at the end of the paragraph. (many points will be lost if either of these are missing) B. Body Paragraphs #1 & #2: Focus this paragraph on chivalry‚ explaining how real examples of it appear in SGGK & FMA and how it can be seen in satire in Monty Python

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    women’” (Austen‚ 212). Here‚ Lydia’s tone is satirical when she talks to Jane since she is now above them because she is married and her sisters are not. It also shows her sense of pride in that she is better than all of her sisters. There is more satire in this book‚ but another example of this is between Mr. Collins and Elizabeth. Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth‚ but she can’t take him seriously. “The idea of Mr. Collins‚ with all his solemn composure‚ being run away with by feelings‚ made Elizabeth

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    Mark Twain depicts various types of humor in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Satire is the first type of humor evident in the novel. Religion is the most common example of Twain’s satire‚ which he communicates through the character Huck Finn. Throughout the novel Twain satirizes prayer through Huck. In Chapter One‚ the Widow Douglas attempted to convey the importance of religion to Huck. She took out her bible and read stories of Moses to Huck. Huck was intrigued by the story of Moses and

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    but the most popular neo-classical burlesque used as a double-edged satirical weapon. Batrachomyomachia‚ an anonymous parody‚ attributed to Homer‚ is most probably the earliest example of mock-epic genre. Alexander Pope was the central figure of Augustan Age‚ for his best mock-heroic poetry The Rape of the Lock‚ written based on a contemporary scandal. It deals with the journey from an insignificant event of cutting hair lock of a belle‚ to a Trojan war. Pope ’s The Rape of the Lock‚ published in

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    gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials. Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ‚with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this piece is few .The author ‚in my opinion ‚ used too much irony and satire ‚so much that it made it difficult for me to read. In the piece Swift uses a lot of irony‚examples being "I rather recommend

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    Satire is the use of humor or irony in order to raise critiques about people. Satire is found in many works of controversy or politics. Its uses are important because they point out the faults of a particular time and gives a voice to those who cannot openly express their views. Two works of literary merit which feature Satire are A Modest Proposal and The Rape of the Lock. The Rape of the Lock was written by Alexander Pope in 1712. The tale is based on an actual incident in which two families

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    philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines Satire in Carlos Bulosan’s The Laughter of My Father Delfin Tolentino Philippine Studies vol. 34‚ no. 4(1986) 452–461 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download

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    does‚ and the audience laughs at the satire of it. In Parker’s film‚ while some of these lines remain the same‚ the satire in them is overshadowed by their farcical nature. Cecily’s vivid daydreams where Algernon is dressed as a knight in shining armour‚ Gwendolen’s tattoo of the name ‘Ernest’ on her backside and Algernon and Jack’s duet of ‘Lady Come Down’ are the scenes the audience remembers most‚ and sadly none of them are in the original. Because Wilde’s satire relies on the characters behaving

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    town of Bolivia. In this Bolivian society‚ all of the townspeople’s actions focus upon a theocentric outlook and derive conclusions based on guidance from hierarchal figures. Through his use of ironical and biblical references‚ Márquez implements satire to portray the societal members’ lack of adherence to the Catholic morals‚ and eventually leads up to Santiago Nasar’s murder. In doing so‚ Márquez forces the reader to question the morality behind the viewpoints of the religious figures of the novella

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