Satire That which attempts to correct, censure, and ridicule the follies and vices of society – a...
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SatireSatireThat which attempts to correct, That which attempts to correct, censure, and ridicule the follies censure, and ridicule the follies and vices of society – a kind of and vices of society – a kind of
protest, a sublimation and protest, a sublimation and refinement of anger and refinement of anger and
indignationindignation
Parody
example:General MacArthur said, “Old soldiers
never die, they just fade away.”Parodies:
“Old blondes never fade, they just dye away”
“Old soldiers never die, but young ones do”
Irony
To say one thing, yet to mean another
When there is a difference between appearance and reality
Irony
example:In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo & Juliet,
when Romeo tells Mercutio that his wound is slight, Mercutio says, “No, it’s
not so deep as well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill
serve.”It’s not that deep, but deep enough to kill
him.
Irony
examples (according to A. Morisett)It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid It’s a free advise, that you just can’t takeIt’s a death row pardon, two minutes too
lateIt’s meeting the man of your dreams, and
meeting his beautiful wife
Zeugma
A figure of speech in which a verb or an adjective is applied to two nouns,
though appropriate only to one of them
Zeugma
example:in Henry V, Fluellen says,
“Kill the poys and the luggage.”
The verb “kill” cannot apply to luggage.
Zeugma
example:from The Rape of the Lock by A. Pope“One speaks the glory of the British Queen,
And one describes a charming Indian screen;”
by describing the gossip – it makes the gossip about the queen equal to that of the screen –
trivializing all of the gossip
Zeugma
example:from The Rape of the Lock by A. Pope“When husbands or when lap dogs breathe
their last”
by combining the death of the lap dog and the husband, it trivializes the death of the husband
Mock Epic
example:“The garbage man, tall and strong, lifted his glittering can of rubbish high, as if it were a feather, and with the strength of
Thor, hurled it into the dumpster.”
Reversal
example:In drama, usually the sudden change of
fortune from prosperity to ruin; but it can be the other way about