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    Satire is used to expose and criticize people's stupidity and vices through humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. In the play Pygmalion, satire plays a heavy role and is the source of comedy, as it is incorporated into almost all character interactions through stereotypes of proper and rude British aristocrats. Characters sometimes disregard each other's feelings and use insults to emphasize their stances or convey feelings, such as when Higgins sarcastically asks if they should ask Liza to sit due to her shabby appearance or throw her out the window.

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    Satire is used to expose and criticize people's stupidity and vices through humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. In the play Pygmalion, satire plays a heavy role and is the source of comedy, as it is incorporated into almost all character interactions through stereotypes of proper and rude British aristocrats. Characters sometimes disregard each other's feelings and use insults to emphasize their stances or convey feelings, such as when Higgins sarcastically asks if they should ask Liza to sit due to her shabby appearance or throw her out the window.

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    Satire is used to expose and criticize people's stupidity and vices through humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. In the play Pygmalion, satire plays a heavy role and is the source of comedy, as it is incorporated into almost all character interactions through stereotypes of proper and rude British aristocrats. Characters sometimes disregard each other's feelings and use insults to emphasize their stances or convey feelings, such as when Higgins sarcastically asks if they should ask Liza to sit due to her shabby appearance or throw her out the window.

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    satire

    sat()r/
    noun
    1. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's
    stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical
    issues.

    Satire plays a heavy part in Pygmalion, and is the source of the comedic elements in
    the story. Satire is incorporated in almost all of the character interaction and plays off of
    the stereotype of proper and rude British aristocrats. The characters in the story have a
    blatant disregard for each others feelings at times and also use insults to emphasize
    their stance on a subject or to convey certain feelings. In the quote, Shall we ask this
    baggage to sit down or shall we just throw her out of the window?, Higgins is using
    satire in reference to Lizas shabby appearance.

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