All 5 Uses of
satire
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He expressed assent in loving satire, looking into her face.†
Chpt 4
- But he regretted the pleasantry; it was too near a satire.†
Chpt 4
- The outdoor air had apparently taken away from him all tendency to act on impulse; she knew that he saw her without irradiation—in all her bareness; that Time was chanting his satiric psalm at her then— Behold, when thy face is made bare, he that loved thee shall hate; Thy face shall be no more fair at the fall of thy fate.†
Chpt 5
- It is nonsense to have such thoughts in this kind of case, which is rather one for satirical laughter than for tragedy.†
Chpt 5 *
- But, in default of that, it behoved her to do something; to be their Providence; for to Tess, as to not a few millions of others, there was ghastly satire in the poet's lines— Not in utter nakedness But trailing clouds of glory do we come.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
a way of making fun of people or ideas -- often through exaggeration
or:
a skit, essay, play, film or other literary work that uses such humor
or:
a skit, essay, play, film or other literary work that uses such humor