Dr. Strangelove Or: A Case Study

Jeff Jacoby's Bring Back Flogging      This essay by Jeff Jacoby illustrates an authors use of ironic sarcasm otherwise known as satire to defend and illustrate his platform on his position. Jacoby uses in this essay verbal irony (persuasion in the form of ridicule). In the irony of this sort there is a contrast between what is said and what is meant.

Use of Satire in “Screwtape Letters” “The Screwtape Letters,” a novel written by C.S. Lewis, demonstrates many uses of satire. Satire is a way of writing which involves humor, exaggeration, and irony. It is also used to make a mockery of or expose a person’s stupidity. It is often used for the reader’s entertainment. When interpreted the way the author has intended, it adds a whole new meaning to the story. In a way, it allows the reader to connect with the author and the characters. It also makes reading more amusing.

This can be seen throughout the whole text and adds to its wittiness and mystery. The main weapon of the satirist is verbal irony, a figure of speech where words are used to mock a person or thing by conveying a meaning that is the reverse of what the words say. This is evident throughout the entire piece and begins when he proposes his own thoughts on how to conquer the problem of a large amount of poor, starving and

Dr. Strangelove is one of the many masterpieces made by the great Stanley Kubrick. The movie was made in 1964 at the Shepperton Studios in London, UK. The time the movie was made is of great importance, in fact, it was made only two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kubrick pictures, in an extremely comical yet somewhat serious way, what the world would look like after one of the two forces (U.S vs. USSR) was triggered in initializing nuclear warfare.

Humour and satire are two concepts that are both wide ranging and diverse, from dark, to light hearted, with each producing a different effect. Humour in the main, is something that is used to please the audience, its function is to invoke laughter amongst its audience. Satire is used to create a comical critical view of the subject at hand, this can range from a light hearted comical way, to a judgemental way, with each style giving the text a different meaning, however this does not mean that satire cannot be humorous, which can evident in the use of parody and irony within texts. Within literature both concepts play an important role to how the text is viewed, humour can include word play, grammatical jokes, to even inside jokes with the author and reader, and with satire, including that of irony and parody, with each style and type delivering humour in its own unique way. These differing styles of humour can be found in a variety of forms including Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair (2001), with its silly atmosphere, word play and grammar jokes, and the use of light hearted satire and parody to brighten up the text, and Julian Barnes A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (1989), where there is a more serious atmosphere, with a more critical, satirical eye on history and characters, as well as using irony to achieve its comical effect, and the position of the world. Each text is humorous and satirical in its own right, and with each author using different techniques to

William Dean Howells was an advocate of realism in writing; he believed that literary art should reflect the reality of the common man and demonstrate the truth of everyday current issues. He believed in truthful writing and he accepted very little at face value. He practiced this belief in his own writing, and his story called “Editha” is a good example of this. In this ironic tragedy, W.D. Howells shows the truth and nature of war. He uses a combination of metaphoric characters, irony, and the pathos appeal to create an almost grotesque parody of the reality of war. In final analysis, Howells is successful in highlighting the consequences of war and inspiring the audience to question the wisdom of those who advocate armed conflict.

Understanding Satire Worksheet Part A: Twain and McCullough Provide supporting evidence from the texts to support your responses to these questions. All answers should be in the form of complete sentences. 1. What is the issue Twain is satirizing? 1. The issue Twain is satirizing is that youths are being told how to

Imagery, Irony, and Structure. Even though mankind has progressed immeasurably, war never goes out of fashion. Propaganda has always portrayed war as an honorable and chivalrous activity, but the soldiers who participated in those “honorable and chivalrous” activities often did not have the same opinion of war for obvious reasons. Anti-war Authors skillfully use imagery, irony, and structure to convey detailed and truthful messages to the propaganda influenced public. In the book All Quiet on The Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque skillfully manipulates imagery, irony, and structure to create a thought provoking anti-war message. He uses imagery to describe scenes in vivid detail, using descriptive vocabulary to implant visual, audio, and sensory details in readers’ minds. Irony plays an essential role in amplifying the contrast between unrealistic portrayals of war, and the harsh realities of war. He includes statements that would mean the opposite of what it meant originally, and would use

In the video, “Drunk History: Rosa Parks”, “Drunk History: Adams & Jefferson”, and “Some Bullsh*t Happening Somewhere”, Comedy Central and The Onion both utilize a very creative style of rhetoric in order to stimulate the viewer’s consciousness of our nation’s history and our present-day media. Each illustration graphically and

Satire is a common literary device used among authors and poets to indirectly criticize the stupidity and vices of a specific person or group of people. Satirical works typically involve tools of satire, such as symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony, to simplify the understanding of who this “satirical target” is. In “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden and James Michie’s “Dooley Is a Traitor,” symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony are all used to indirectly criticize the target of each satirical work.

Without doubt, Edgar Allan Poe’s story is one of the author’s masterpiece. The story is an exhibit of artistic genius with various literary features well incorporated. Among them, irony, defined as, “A figure of speech which is a contradiction or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs”, is the most evident. Allan Poe demonstrates the use of various types of irony throughout the play, which he uses to pass the intended message to the audience.

Dr. Strangelove is, science fiction, black comedy war film about what could possible happen if the wrong person where to push the wrong button. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden, goes completely insane sending his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. The U.S. President Merkin Muffley, played by Peter Sellers, meets with his advisors in an attempt to stop the bombers from hitting their targets. The President soon learns that he will not be able to stop the bombers unless he receives the recall code. However, only Gen. Ripper knows the recall code and is reluctant to giving it up. He also discovers that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a “Doomsday Machine” destroying all plant and animal life

the literary element sarcasm to stress an absurd situation. Each piece of work uses satire to bring

Genre is a system of categorization that groups similar styled works together under one label. The comedy genre broadly refers to any work that is purposefully humorous and aims to induce laughter, however throughout history composers have used this genre to critique society and human nature, allowing them to manipulate the audiences view of themselves and others in a non-confrontational format. The texts ‘School for Scandal’ by Richard Sheridan, ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen, ‘Blackadder’ by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and ‘South Park’ by Matt Stone and Trey Parker all evaluate their society through the use of satire in order to tell a truth, as “a truth told by comic means draws the reader/spectator closer” allowing them to “ambush the overly confident

It can be used as a valuable educational tool and a powerful weapon against authoritarianism. From the success and reactions of various political personas to news satire shows like Last Week Tonight by John Oliver, to classics like Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, political satires never failed to challenge the unreasonable rules and suppressive laws as well as educate and recreate the situation using hilarious undertones. This uses cynicism as a basis for its bitterness, which is not unmotivated, however, since it arises from the helplessness against the government that will never change its ways. The political disenchantment in the non-military, as well as the conscientious objection from the military, are some of the many reasons why skepticism and cynical attitude towards an establishment arises. It need not lean toward nihilism, anarchy and terrorism, but when the law of the land is as monarchic and vacuous as Zia, every person who disagrees with his ill-born principles would be considered an enemy of the state. To protect the country from foreign forces when their own country is in a state of turmoil and chaos is easily mitigable, but barely controllable when the wounds fester. Political satire in this context acts like an anodyne and provides some comic relief to the oppressed, when their frustrations are being vented in the form of one media or