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Line 4: '''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~~It asis ~~long~~a ~~ago~~[[Latin]] asword, though the plays of [[~~Ancient Greeks~~Aristophanes]] are often called satirical. ItSatire was widely known in [[Elizabeth I of England\|Elizabethan]] times. [[Jonathan Swift\|Swift]] used ~~satire~~it 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. The [[Germany\|German]] [[playwright]] [[Bertolt Brecht]] used a lot of satire, as did [[Peter Cook]]. [[Jon Stewart]] and other [[comedian]]s use it frequently. Satire often points out ironic or bad things that powerful people are doing. Its adjective is '''satirical'''.

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