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[[Image:Punch.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''1867 edition of the satirical magazine [[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]]]
'''Satire''' is a form in [[art]] or [[writing]] which makes criticisms of a person, government and institution, often through humour. Satire can be humorous and make people [[laugh]], but it is not just for making people laugh. Satire makes fun of people’s faults. It shows that they are bad or stupid and makes the reader, viewer or audience laugh at them. Satire can be found in [[painting|paintings]], [[play|plays]], [[book|books]], [[song|songs]], [[television]] or [[movie|movies]]. Satire often uses [[irony]] 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''' is a form in [[art]] or [[writing]] which ridicules either a person, [[government]], or an institution, often through the use of [[humour]]. Satire can either be in [[painting]]s, [[play (theatre)|play]]s, [[book]]s, [[song]]s, [[TV]] or [[movie]]s. It also is used to [[stereotype]] people.
Satire was used long ago, even as long ago as the [[Ancient Greeks]]. It was widely known in [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabethan]] times. [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] used satire in his book ''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 the [[Germany|German]] [[playwright]] [[Bertolt Brecht]] used a lot of satire in his plays.▼
 
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Satire is not possible under [[dictator|dictatorships]]. It was not allowed, for example, in the [[Soviet Union]]. Anyone trying to make fun of [[Stalin]] would have been put to death immediately.
 
Satire often points out ironic or bad things that powerful people are doing, but may also harm disadvantaged or nonfamous people like you and me. TheIts adjective is '''satirical'''.
 
==Related pages==
[[Category:Comedy]]
*[[Black comedy]]
[[Category:Figures of speech]]
*[[Caricature]]
*[[Cartoon]]
*[[Humour]]
*[[Irony]]
*[[Parody]]
 
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*[http://www.madmagazine.com/ MAD Magazine]
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*[http://theonion.com/ The Onion]
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