Additional Information & Ideas for Satire VICES AND FOLLIES Vice (n): any kind of anti-social behavior from moral depravity and corruption (ex. prostitution) to a habitual and trivial defect or shortcoming (ex. nose-picking). Because it covers everything from outright wickedness to petty foibles, almost all humans suffer from some kind of vice; thus, the satirist is never at a loss for material. Folly (n): a lack of common sense, prudence, and foresight. (ex. The folly of man is that he doesn’t understand that history repeats). and come from the same French medieval root, fol. The good satirist knows that “Folly” “fool” everyone, even the satirist himself, in time will do something really stupid. The Seven Deadly Sins 1. Pride/arrogance/hubris 5. Lust 2. Avarice (greed) 6. Envy 3. Wrath (anger, violence, sullenness/sulking) 7. Gluttony (excessive love of material comforts, food, drink, etc.) 4. Sloth (laziness, indolence, slovenliness, sloppiness) OTHER VICES AND FOLLIES Stupidity Lack of self-control Vice Prudery Gullibility Indecisiveness Wastefulness Crime Poor decision making Shallow flirtatiousness Hypocrisy Boorishness Short-sightedness Vanity/conceit/egoism Careless spending Rudeness Narrow mindedness Self-centeredness Dishonesty Gross conduct Intolerance/prejudice Apathy Irresponsibility Silliness Pettiness Callousness Excess of any kind Immaturity Careless use of Selfishness Willful ignorance Stubbornness language Corruption Timidity IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Warmongering Misuse of power Unnecessary taxation and spending Inappropriate or immoral conduct of leaders Nepotism/favoritism Injustice Poor handling of crises and disasters Human rights violations IN INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES Inefficiency Mendacity (lying) Greed Lack of effectiveness False advertising Immorality Bad management Bad products Exploitation of workers Poor workmanship Inhumanity Bad environmental impact To write an analysis of a satirical piece, you can employ the following method:
Additional Information & Ideas for Satire VICES AND FOLLIES Vice (n): any kind of anti-social behavior from moral depravity and corruption (ex. prostitution) to a habitual and trivial defect or shortcoming (ex. nose-picking). Because it covers everything from outright wickedness to petty foibles, almost all humans suffer from some kind of vice; thus, the satirist is never at a loss for material. Folly (n): a lack of common sense, prudence, and foresight. (ex. The folly of man is that he doesn’t understand that history repeats). “Folly” and “fool” come from the same French medieval root, fol. The good satirist knows that everyone, even the satirist himself, in time will do something really stupid. The Seven Deadly Sins 1. Pride/arrogance/hubris 2. Avarice (greed) 3. Wrath (anger, violence, sullenness/sulking) 4. Sloth (laziness, indolence, slovenliness, sloppiness) 5. Lust 6. Envy 7. Gluttony (excessive love of material comforts, food, drink, etc.) OTHER VICES AND FOLLIES Stupidity Gullibility Poor decision making Short-sightedness Narrow mindedness Intolerance/prejudice Pettiness Careless use of language Lack of self-control Indecisiveness Shallow flirtatiousness Vanity/conceit/egoism Self-centeredness Apathy Callousness Selfishness Corruption Vice Wastefulness Hypocrisy Careless spending Dishonesty Irresponsibility Excess of any kind Willful ignorance Timidity Prudery Crime Boorishness Rudeness Gross conduct Silliness Immaturity Stubbornness IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Warmongering Unnecessary taxation and spending Nepotism/favoritism Poor handling of crises and disasters Misuse of power Inappropriate or immoral conduct of leaders Injustice Human rights violations IN INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES Inefficiency Lack of effectiveness Bad management Poor workmanship Mendacity (lying) False advertising Bad products Inhumanity Greed Immorality Exploitation of workers Bad environmental impact To write an analysis of a satirical piece, you can employ the following method:
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