For example, a good Saturday Night Live sketch can criticize corrupt politicians in a thoughtful yet hilarious way. This is an example of satire, or the exposing of society's problems through humor or ridicule, and it's nothing new. read more
In one respect, Great Expectations is a social satire that criticizes the social justice of the Victorian Age as well as the fawning admiration of the rising middle class for what he perceived as a frivolous aristocracy. read more