Fairy Tales and Satire Shrek Examples Exaggeration Princess

Fairy Tales and Satire: Shrek Examples: • Exaggeration – Princess Fiona fights and successfully defeats Robin Hood and all of his Merry Men without any help and without any weapons. • Incongruity – Princess Fiona uses her ponytail to deliver a knockout punch to one of the Merry Men. While frozen in a mid-air martial arts kick, Princess Fiona pauses to fix her disheveled hair before knocking out two of the Merry Men. • Reversal – The roles of the hero and the damsel in distress have been reversed. In this clip, it is Princess Fiona, the rescuee, who fights and defeats the foe. • Parody – The fight scene is an exaggerated imitation of the martial arts style and special effects used in movies such as The Matrixand Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. – Robin Hood and his Merry Men also parody the musicals of West Side Story and Riverdance/ Lord of the Dance in their song.

Fairy Tales and Satire: Shrek • Underneath your examples, please answer the following: • 1. Identify the primary comment or criticism about society that is being made by the satirical techniques in this clip from Shrek. • 2. What, then, is this satire asking us to change? • If you’re having a brain fart, consider this question to help you out: what is the underlying lesson or unwritten moral in the story?

Modest Proposal: a few questions As a group, please answer the following questions about what you read. Please write your responses on 1 sheet of paper (make sure everyone’s name is on it). • 1. What is ironic about the title? • 2. What is the problem? • 3. What is the solution? • 4. Why is his solution better than others? • 5. In the last paragraph of Modest Proposal, how does Swift sell his ethos? • 6. Would Modest Proposal be considered Horation or Juvenalian satire? Using examples from the essay to explain your answer.