Satire, The Enlightening Torch Of The Darkness - 1075 Words

Satire, the Enlightening Torch in the Darkness Satire, once has been called satura, means mixed or of various composition in Latin. Satire is a definite type of poetry first appears in Rome in 1st century BC. Horace, an ancient Roman writer developed, refined and stabilized the style of writing (Kernan). Horace also claimed that Roman are only superior in satiric writings among all writing styles. In his definition, satire is more than a writing style — it is a literacy form. The word satire itself naturally have negative meanings; satiric is more related to hostility than to kindness. The difference between satire and irony can explain the embedded feature of it, irony is the situation that differs from what people have anticipated or†¦show more content†¦Franà §ois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, whose satire is sharply pointed, precise in its aim, and mock the blind optimism. Candide, the character who experienced wars, the evil of religious fanaticism, nature disasters and the greedy part of mankind, still b elieves that the Dr. Pangloss’ words â€Å"this is the best of all possible worlds† portrait an foolish and pitiful image of the ordinary people at that time. Such beliefs mocks the Pope’s â€Å"whatever is, is right† and liberate the thoughts of people. Moreover, this work of Voltaire shows us the possibilities of mankind. Wu Jingzi, whose masterpiece The Scholars is the cornerstone of Chinese realistic-literature, attacked the women foot binding and criticized the Chinese examination system for twisting people’s minds and behaves while real virtue go underground and ill-behaved people gain† breath of humanity prize and fame. Li Ruzhen wrote a book about strange nations that the characters traveled; the metaphor â€Å"two face man† shows that the hypocritical people treat others differently by judging their appearance and clothes. QA Q1 Authors show similar but different goals. Swift reveals the repelling human nature beneath the unrealistic drama scenes and the poverty of grassroots; a literary critic essay A Modest Proposal (In English writing, the phrase a modest proposal is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced