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The Golden Age Comedy of Voltaire And Moliere

For many historians, the comedy styles and content of the works of Moliere and Voltaire represent the pinnacle of 18th century Fre...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In five pages this essay examines Lewis's use of humor and satire in his depiction of how people can be led away from a godly path...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

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...

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 ...

Satire Types

such as "U.S. Urges Bin Laden To Form Nation It Can Attack" (12C). In fact, Bin Laden jokes are beginning to crop up and while peo...

Miguel de Cervantes Life, Writings, and Social Values

meaningful and yet is portrayed as ridiculous. Cervantes was known as a maverick and for his satirical representations of the soc...

English Literature of the 17th Century

In A Modest Proposal, also, he looks at the way in which dehumanisation results in a situation where the logical next step is one ...

Definition of Satire

science using comic motifs borrowed from writer such as Rabelais, Shakespeare, and Swift (Cook, 1995). The student researching thi...

Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Burlington'

the expense of building the latest craze in architecture -- "...to punish awkward pride,/ Bids Bubo build, and send him such a gu...

Voltaire, Moliere and Social Satire

money, not religion. Organ, a simplistic, but good man, has allowed Tartuffe to come into his home and take dominance over his fam...

Cocksure by Mordecai Richler and Satire

In five pages the 2 levels of satire featured in Cocksure by Mordecai Richler are examined. Three sources are listed in the bibli...

Characters of Corin and Adam in William Shakespeare's As You Like It

In five pages the social satire portrayal of these characters and how Shakespeare used them to poke fun at the elite's pretentions...

Candide by Voltaire and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Romantic aspects of Candide by Voltaire in a consideration of the elements of the love 'qu...

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...

'The Spectacles' by Edgar Allan Poe and His Use of Satire

In ten pages this research paper provides a biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe along with critical assessment but the central ...

Satire Used by Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Spectacles'

In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

Reason and Different Views

In five pages reason as incorporated into the satire of plays by Moliere, Pope, and Swift are compared with classical heroic views...

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and Shock, Satire, and Irony

In five pages this paper examines the author's masterful uses of irony, satire, and shock in his criticism of British greed and Ir...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

White Noise by Don DeLillo

electrifying success. The chancellor went on to serve as adviser to Nixon, Ford and Carter before his death on a ski lift in Aust...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...