April 3/4
Satire Review
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 Is used to expose and criticize foolishness and
corruption of an individual or a society by using
humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule
 It intends to improve humanity by criticizing.
 A writer may point a satire toward a person, a
country or even the entire world.
 It usually makes things seem ridiculous.
Satire
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 How is The Crucible a satire?
Understatement
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 An understatement is…
- Portraying something as being smaller, worse, or less
important than it actually is.
- Making the situation seem less serious than it is.
Understatement
Examples
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 EXAMPLES:
 To say “it rained a bit more than usual” while
describing an area being flooded after a heavy rain
fall.
 To say “it is a bit cold today” when temperature is 5
degrees below the melting point.
 Understatements in history http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/greatestunderstatements-of-all-time
Is this an example of
understatement?
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 You might say Albert Einstein had a good head for
numbers.
 A chef prepares a wonderful dinner and you
proclaim, “the food was tolerable.”
What is an archetype?
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 An original model after which other things are
similarly patterned
 A character type or a representation of a recurring
idea
 Evokes strong associations to the reader.
Types of Archetypes
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 The Tragic Hero
 The Sullied Hero
 The Romantic Hero
 The Temptress
 The Devil Figure
 The Scapegoat
The Tragic Hero
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 The tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy.
 Characteristics of a tragic hero:
 Noble Stature: Must be in some leadership position
so that they can “fall”.
 Tragic Flaw: They must “fall” due to some flaw in
their own personality.
 Free Choice: The tragic hero falls because he chooses
one course of action over another.
Characteristics of a
tragic hero
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 The Punishment Exceeds the Crime: the audience
must not be left feeling that the tragic hero got what
he deserved. Part of what makes the action "tragic" is
to witness the injustice of what has occurred to the
tragic hero.
 Hero has Increased Awareness: it is crucial that the
tragic hero come to some sort of an understanding of
what went wrong or of what was really going on
before he comes to his end.
Examples
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 Rick Grimes – The Walking Dead
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh33XbqegJI
The Sullied Hero
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 The sullied hero is
initially not
someone we, as an
audience, look up
to—someone who
because of a flaw is
considered inferior
in some way.
 It is this fallibility
that makes us
identify with
him/her
The Romantic Hero
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 Characteristics:
 Brooding, dark, dreamy
 At odds with society
 Not interested in authority or conformity
 Indulges-wallows in his/her own feelings, uniqueness,
and intuition
 Self-Centered.
 A character of extremes
 Can be obsessive (with love or something else)
Cont’d

 Quest for beauty of
perfection
 Becomes consumed
with the desire of the
unattainable.
 Longs for something
more
 The past
 The impossible
 Example
The Temptress
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 Characterized by sensuous beauty, this woman is
one to whom the protagonist is physically attracted
and who ultimately brings about his downfall. May
appear as a witch or vampire
The Devil Figure
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 This character is evil incarnate.
 Sometimes offers worldly goods, fame, or
knowledge to the hero in exchange for possession of
the soul
Devil Figure
characteristics
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 Associated with
dark and gloomy
imagery
 Outcast
The Scapegoat
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 An animal, or more
usually a human, whose
death in a public ceremony
expiates some taint or sin
of a community. They are
often more powerful in
death than in life.
 A character that takes the
blame of everything bad
that happens