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Definition of Satire
Satire is the use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone. Public figures, such as politicians, are often the subject of satire, but satirists can take... read full definition
Satire is the use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone. Public figures, such as politicians, are often the subject of... read full definition
Satire is the use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone. Public figures, such as politicians... read full definition
Key Examples in Far From the Madding Crowd
Chapter 8
Explanation and Analysis—Joseph and the Owl:
In the malthouse scene, Thomas Hardy satirizes class consciousness in the dialogue between the farm workers:
“No, no, now—that’s too much[...] I didn’t say Sir- I’ll take my oath I didn’t say Joseph Poorgrass o’ Weatherbury, Sir- no, no, what’s right is right, and I never said Sir to the bird, knowing very well that no person of a gentlemen’s rank would be hollering there at that time o’ night. ‘Joseph Poorgrass of Weatherbury,’ that’s every word I said…”
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