More Sarcasm?
This week in class we continued our venture into satire. I think i'm finally starting to understand what satire is really meant to be. It is meant to highlight an area of concern in our society by finding all the wrongs and explicitly mentioning them in a humorous tone. To be completely honest, i'm having a little trouble finding the satire in The Crucible. Either I don't fully understand the language that the book is reading, or i'm not paying close enough attention to the piece at hand. We read some more satire pieces in class and annotated and wrote a synthesis piece about how articles relating to mass hysteria connect to The Crucible. My article was about this group of girls in New York who was convinced that they were under a spell of some sort. On the contrary though, it was a mind game that they were playing with themselves. The whole witchcraft concept of this piece really interests me, and I can connect it back to APUSH, and the Salem Witch Trails.
I agree with you that this satire unit is very interesting, and also that I am having a hard time understanding the satire in The Crucible. Maybe we just need to look at the passages more carefully to pick out the sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteI had the same article as you! I thought it was very interesting how it was mainly girls who were coming across the same symptoms. Also, it was rather strange how they diagnosed themselves with the same illness right when they found out that someone else had it...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with the whole idea of not understanding the satire that is going on in the Crucible. Yes, at some parts the characters may seem sarcastic, but other than that I do not really see it. But! I also agree with starting to understand the true meaning of satire and how it is used in our society today.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your definition on satire and I think I'm starting to grasp the concept as well, now that I know that it's supposed to parallel something from society. I feel you on the satirical connections in the Crucible. Even though we're already pretty far into the book, I still am indecisive about what symbolizes what between the real world and that of the world in the Crucible. I think as we finish the book and see more outside sources, things will become clearer.
ReplyDeleteYa I agree that satire is challenging and it always doesn't show up explicitly in The Crucible. I think that the satire is shown through the outrageous and illogical acts taken by characters, and given the allegorical nature of the play, the author is most likely satirizing the process and idea of McCarthysism.
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