Essays about: "Satire"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 44 essays containing the word Satire.

  1. 31. Characterization in Social Satire : A comparative analysis of the heroines Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austenʼs Pride and Prejudice, and Becky Sharp in William Makepeace Thackerayʼs Vanity Fair

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Elin Berggren; [2016]
    Keywords : Austen; Thackeray; Elizabeth Bennet; Becky Sharp; Characterization; Social Satire; Gender; Austen; Thackeray; Elizabeth Bennet; Becky Sharp; Karaktärisering; Samhällssatir; Genus;

    Abstract : This essay presents a comparative analysis of the characterizations of the female protagonists Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen̕ s Pride and Prejudice (1813), and Becky Sharp in William Makepeace Thackeray̕ s Vanity Fair (1847-1848). The analysis is conducted from a gender perspective, and with the use of feminist criticism. READ MORE

  3. 32. Poetic imagery and symbolism in Nizār Qabbānī's elegy Balqῑs

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jihad Khalil; [2015-06-16]
    Keywords : arabiska; Nizār Qabbānī; poetic imagery; symbolism; Balqῑs;

    Abstract : This study investigates the poetical images, and Arabism, in Nizār Qabbānī's poem Balqῑs. Nizār Qabbānī was able to create a poem that is a mixture of elegy, praise, and satire. Studying this poem enables us to see his distinctive poetical experiment. READ MORE

  4. 33. Dualism in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sara Fridell; [2014-07-04]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; post-colonialism; identity; dualism; duplicity; satire;

    Abstract : Abstract: In this essay I explore the dualism in Oscar Wilde’s most famous society comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. My thesis is that Wilde employed the well-established Late Victorian concept of double identity as well as a dualistic theme in the play, revealed in the language and in the strategies of lying, in order to exploit the hypocrisy of the society, i. READ MORE

  5. 34. Satire and Ambiguity in Thomas More's Utopia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Miriam Sünder; [2014-02-06]
    Keywords : Sir Thomas More; Utopia; England; sixteenth century; satire; ambiguity; criticism; interpretation;

    Abstract : Since its publication in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia caused confusion amongst literary critics and scientists. This essay is an attempt to explain the problem of interpretation in More’s novel and to show its ambiguity. READ MORE

  6. 35. Comedy Gold : How Humour is Used as Social Criticism in Terry Pratchett’s Making Money

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Robin Kjellberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Satire; Pratchett; Making Money; Social Criticism;

    Abstract : Abstract Pratchett‟s absence from being mentioned in the same breath as great satirists such as Swift, Chaucer or Dryden to mention a few, could be because Pratchett‟s choice of genre is fantasy which is, by many, considered a „lesser‟ genre. One can wonder though in what ways the imagined nations and peoples of the Discworld series differ from some of the encounters made by Gulliver in Swift‟s Gulliver’s Travels. READ MORE