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    Satire is a form of humor that uses techniques like exaggeration, reversal, and incongruity to critique or comment on issues. It can be found in literature, television, print media, and online. Some examples discussed include satirical portrayals of gender roles in Shrek, political cartoons that satirize events like European colonization of Africa, and novels by authors like Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, and George Orwell that used satire. The document provides examples and definitions to help understand how satire works and where it can be found.

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    Understanding Satire: With A Little Help From Fairy Tales and A Certain Loveable Ogre

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    UNDERSTANDING

    SATIRE
    With a little help from fairy
    tales and a certain
    loveable ogre…
    Fairy tales
    What are common elements of Fairy tales?

    I am not going
    to just tell you!

    Suggestions please…
    What are common elements of Fairy tales?
    1. A fairy tale begins with "Once upon a time...”
    2. Fairy tales happen ‘long ago’.
    3. Fairy Tales have fantasy and make-believe in them.
    4. Fairy Tales have clearly defined Good characters vs. Evil
    characters.
    5. Royalty is usually present in a fairy tale: a beautiful princess
    or handsome prince.
    6. There may be magic with giants, elves, talking animals,
    witches or fairies.
    7. Fairy tales have a problem that needs to be solved.
    8. It often takes three tries to solve the problem.
    9. Fairy tales have happy endings – “they all lived happily ever
    after.”
    10. Fairy tales usually teach a lesson or have a theme.
    Women in Fairy tales

    How are women


    presented in fairy tales?
    Women in Fairy tales

    Cinderella?
    Women in Fairy tales

    Cinderella?
    Sleeping
    Beauty?
    Women in Fairy tales

    Cinderella?
    Sleeping
    Beauty?
    Rapunzel?
    Women in Fairy tales
    • Damsels in distress
    • In need of a rescuer – usually a
    prince
    • Helpless
    • Dependent on the men around them,
    or on a magical element (fairy, witch
    etc)
    Watch this movie clip and
    see how the female is
    presented in this fairy tale…
    CLICK:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCjtSFsKb0

    (Note: If the link is not working, Google “Fiona fights


    Robin Hood” and you should find the clip)
    Fiona
    How is she unlike the traditional
    female in a fairy tale?
    Fiona
    How is she unlike the traditional
    female in a fairy tale?

    (Discuss)
    Fiona
    How is she unlike the traditional
    female in a fairy tale?
    • Stands up for herself

    • The ‘rescuee’ becomes the ‘rescuer’

    • Not at all helpless

    • She does not need magic, she has martial arts


    Why this reversal?
    Why this reversal?
    What does it say about women?
    Why this reversal?
    What does it say about women?
    How does it say it?
    Why this reversal?
    What does it say about women?
    How does it say it?
    ... through the use of humor!
    Why this reversal?
    What does it say about women?
    How does it say it?
    ... through the use of humor!

    This is called SATIRE


    Satire:
    A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use
    of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal,
    incongruity, and/or humor in order to make a comment
    or criticism about it.
    Satire:
    A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use
    of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal,
    incongruity, and/or humour in order to make a comment
    or criticism about it.
    In pairs, discuss how the video clip from Shrek is a satire
    of traditional fairy tales. Particularly how it relates to the
    presentation of ‘the damsel in distress’.

    • Do the makers of the film use any exaggeration,


    reversal, incongruity (something which is out of
    place) or humour?

    • What comment or criticism is being made?


    Can you identify the satirical
    comment being made in this
    following example?
    Can you identify the satirical
    comment being made in this
    following example?
    Can you see any exaggeration, reversal,
    incongruity, and/or humour in this?
    But identifying the humor
    is not enough.
    But identifying the humor
    is not enough.
    You then have to unpack it and work out
    what the author/artist is trying to say.
    But identifying the humor
    is not enough.
    You then have to unpack it and work out
    what the author/artist is trying to say.

    What comment or criticism are


    they making?
    Let’s see if we are any good
    at this… Ready?
    Take some political satire, for
    example…

    POLITICAL SATIRE: The particular use


    of satire (humour, parody, exaggeration
    etc) to make a political statement or
    comment. It can be in the form of a
    literary work, a cartoon, a play etc.
    How is this funny? What is the artist ‘saying’?
    This is a cartoon
    about Europe’s
    colonization of
    Africa.
    Does it use humor?
    Exaggeration?
    Reversal?
    Incongruity?

    Why? What’s the


    serious message of
    this satirical cartoon?
    Where else do we see satire?
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    • Sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live.
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    • Sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live.
    • TV series such as Last Man Standing, The Simpsons and Family guy often poke
    fun at politics and politicians in a satirical way.
    • Comedians certainly rely on satire in their work.
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    • Sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live.
    • TV series such as Last Man Standing, The Simpsons and Family guy often poke
    fun at politics and politicians in a satirical way.
    • Comedians certainly rely on satire in their work.

    Print Media
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    • Sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live.
    • TV series such as Last Man Standing, The Simpsons and Family guy often poke
    fun at politics and politicians in a satirical way.
    • Comedians certainly rely on satire in their work.

    Print Media
    • Ever looked at the editorial cartoons in newspapers? They are one of the oldest
    ways of using satire to make a political statement.

    The Internet
    Where else do we see satire?
    Literature
    • Mark Twain often used satire in his writing.
    • Jonathan Swift (who wrote Gulliver’s Travels) used satire in his literature. He
    even said, “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
    everybody's face but their own.”
    • George Orwell used satire most famously in his novels Animal Farm, and 1984.

    Television
    • Sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live.
    • TV series such as Last Man Standing, The Simpsons and Family guy often poke
    fun at politics and politicians in a satirical way.
    • Comedians certainly rely on satire in their work.

    Print Media
    • Ever looked at the editorial cartoons in newspapers? They are one of the oldest
    ways of using satire to make a political statement.

    The Internet
    • Cartoons, editorials, YouTube videos and articles which use satire.
    Got it?

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