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'''Satire''' is a form in [[art]] or [[writing]] which makesridicules criticisms ofeither a person, [[government]], andor an institution, often through [[humour]].the Satireuse can be humorous and make peopleof [[laughhumour]], but it is not just for making people laugh. Satire makescan fun of people’s faults. It shows that they are bad or stupid and makes the reader, viewer or audience laugh at them. Satire caneither be found in [[painting|paintings]]s, [[Playplay (theatre)|playsplay]]s, [[book|books]]s, [[song|songs]]s, [[TV]] or [[movie|movies]]s. SatireIt oftenalso usesis used to [[ironystereotype]] to make its effect. Satire may be trying to change the way people behave by showing their weaknesses, or make them angry or sad by showing their flaws.

Satire was used long ago,. evenIt asis longa ago[[Latin]] asword, though the plays of [[Ancient GreeksAristophanes]] are often called satirical. ItSatire was widely known in [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabethan]] times. [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] used satireit in his book ''Gulliver’s[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' to make fun of people’s stupidity. Works like ''The Beggar’s Opera'' (1728) used satire to show how silly the [[politician|politicians]] of the time were. In modern times theThe [[Germany|German]] [[playwright]] [[Bertolt Brecht]] used a lot of satire, inas hisdid plays[[Peter Cook]]. [[Jon Stewart]] and other [[comedian]]s use it frequently. A modern example of satire is the American cartoon [[South Park|''South Park'']].

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