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Satire in Solomon Gursky Was Here and Cocksure by Mordecai Richler

In six pages this report considers how satire is used in these texts by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Seven sources are cited...

Aristophanes and Using Comedy as Commentary in The Clouds and Lysistrata

In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Social Satire in 'he Reeve's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In six pages this paper analyzes the ironic satire of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Reeve's Tale.' There are no other sources cited....

'The Miller's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer and Satire

In eight pages this paper examines how Chaucer employs satire to address serious issues in 'The Miller's Tale.' There are 6 sourc...

'The Flea' by John Donne

In five pages religious satire, the notion of metaphysical conceit, argument, and metaphor are all considered within the context o...

Sphereland and Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

In five pages Abbott's 19th century work is analyzed in terms of its presentation of women as inferior that was meant to serve at ...

Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

In five pages this novel is analyzed in terms of intertextuality and the uses of satire and parody. Eleven sources are cited in t...

Satirical Life View of Jean Shepherd

In five pages this paper discusses how healing can be achieved through satire in an examination of 'Daphne Bigelow and the Spine C...

Literary Women in Ancient Rome and in the 20th Century

In seven pages this paper examines how society treated women in these respective time periods in a comparative analysis of 'The Ae...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Monty Python type social satire that is featured in this classic Spanish novel. Eight sou...

The New Machiavelli by Alistair McAlpine

In five pages this paper examines the combination of Machiavellian principles and satire in this work by Alistair McAlpine. Two s...

Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose

In seven pages 2 questions on any expressed ideology preference and 20th century social satire contained within Umberto Eco's The ...

Aristophanes' and Cervantes' Uses of Satire

a companion, and returns again after a longer lapse of time. In Part Two, he sets out once more, but his journey takes him much f...

Use of Satire in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In three pages this paper compares Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift with Candide by Voltaire in terms of how each author used ...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

Food Symbolism in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper examines how food symbolism or anecdotal references provide satire on human suffering in Jonathan Swift's...

Land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this fictitious Houyhnhnms land featured in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is compared with eighteen cen...

A Review of Mary Jo Salter's 'Welcome to Hiroshima'

This paper of 5 pages review the poem that brings to life the atrocities of war, and includes a discussion of similes, iron, and t...

Physical and Moral Evil in Candide by Voltaire

In nine pages this paper discusses the author's use of satire in this analysis of physical and moral evil in Candide. Three sourc...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang

Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Political Satire of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

In ten pages this research paper examines the satirical elements of Alice in Wonderland particularly as they deal with issues pert...

How Satire is Used in 'Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Pope mocks feuding families, the ancient Greek epic, and the aristocracy wit...

Inside Soviet Film Satire by Andrew Horton

In five pages this textual anthology is examined in terms of a brief informational overview. There are no other references listed...

Satire in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

on "the Boss," as everyone begins to call Hank, who begins reorganizing the kingdom. Hank explodes Merlins castle and is heralded...

Teenage Pregnancy Satire

In 6 pages the 'benefits' of teenage pregnancy are satirized....

Shakespeare's Use of Satire in Portraying the Frivolous Courtier

This paper addresses the ways in which Shakespeare satirized the frivolous courtier, or frivolous lover, in the plays, Taming of t...

A Month of Sundays by John Updike, Satire, Sanctimony, and Sin

railed (Barna 324). From the concept of this noted hypocrisy was born The Scarlet Letter, a haunting tale of misplaced faith, sil...