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Definition of Parody
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can take many forms, including fiction... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually... read full definition
Chapter 4
Explanation and Analysis—Romantically Given:
The maid’s account of Carew’s murder is often regarded as a parody of popular Romantic fiction of the period. The maid watching the road on the night of the murder is described as “romantically given,” and this is borne out in her description of Danvers Carew:
[...] the moon shone on his face as he spoke, and the girl was pleased to watch it, it seemed to breathe such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition, yet with something high too, as of a well-founded self-content.
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