Essays on Satire

Grammelot could be a variety of language employed in sarcastic theatre, a bunk with Italic and onomatopoeic components, employed in association with mime and mimicry. Grammelot was born in France once the Commedia dell’Arte actors wherever antagonized by the church in European nation throughout the...

‘A poem in which wickedness or folly is censured.’ – Samuel Johnson on Satire. Jonathan Swift’s book Gulliver’s Travels is a multifaceted text being a adventure story travelogue allegory etc, however one of it’s most prevalent aspect is that of satire, leaving the reader open...

In William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of The Shrew, Shakespeare discusses a misogynistic outlook on gender equality. He utilizes thematic devices to allow the audience to create ambiguous conclusions, leaving the play to take on multiple interpretations. The play can be analyzed in a literal...

The message of this literature piece is that within the marriage a female faces too high expectations from a male. Brady refers to the category of people in the society known as ‘wives’. In such a way, the author focusses on wives as a distinct...

Most people who have read Mark Twain’s books can’t help but feel conflicted with his writing style. It often straddles the line of being humorous and stinging. Satire is one of the mechanisms that he uses to highlight his main points. A lot of authors...

The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a satirical piece written for the purpose of the betterment of the people. Chaucer saw much corruption around him, specifically in the church. He took all these people and wrote stories about them without using their real...

‘Candide’ is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, Enlightenment Philosopher. The Age of Enlightenment is the name of a movement that embodies the power of reason and rational thought. Most enlightened thinkers attacked the nobility, the church, and the belief in small...

Many people want to know what could happen in the future. Well, Kurt Vonnegut is an American writer, he is known for writing his satirical literary style, as well as the science-fiction elements in his work of writing. The most known work of science -fiction...

The focus of this article is to analyze the themes of ‘Social Satire’, ‘Representational Metaphor’ and ‘Hope’ as reflected in Sayeed Ahmad’s Survival. Keeping the narrative of the main folktale, the story line of Survival is developed, but because of Ahmad’s craft, we get a...

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...