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Pangloss (Candide)
Traits: blind optimism, philosophical naivety, and intellectual absurdity; Point: mocks the overly optimistic Leibnizian philosophy that 'this is the best of all possible worlds.'
Sir John Falstaff (Henry IV)
Traits: boisterousness, cowardice, and debauchery; Point: mocks the romanticized concepts of honor and chivalry, showcasing human frailties.
Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Traits: chivalric idealism, self-deception; Point: satirizes the outdated chivalric model and the false idealism in society.
The Wife of Bath (The Canterbury Tales)
Traits: sexual appetite, marital dominance, and materialism; Point: satirizes medieval stereotypes about women and critiques contemporary views on marriage.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Pride and Prejudice)
Traits: snobbery, entitlement, and arrogance; Point: caricatures the British aristocracy's rigid class distinctions and self-importance.
Mr. Collins (Pride and Prejudice)
Traits: obsequiousness, vanity, and pomposity; Point: satirizes the clergy and highlights the foolishness of blindly following societal norms.
Chichikov (Dead Souls)
Traits: greed, cunning, and insincerity; Point: serves as a critique of the rampant corruption and social climbing in Tsarist Russia.
Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair)
Traits: social climbing, manipulativeness, and a lack of morality; Point: exposes the hollowness of high society and the destructive power of ambition.
Algernon Moncrieff (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Traits: superficial charm, laziness, and carelessness; Point: lampoons the triviality and the lack of sincerity in the British upper class.
The Dursleys (Harry Potter Series)
Traits: narrow-mindedness, materialism, and over-indulgence; Point: satirizes the banality and pettiness of suburban middle-class values.
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Traits: gluttony, laziness, and stupidity; Point: exaggerates the flaws of the average American and critiques consumer culture and the nuclear family ideal.
Madame Defarge (A Tale of Two Cities)
Traits: vengefulness, bloodthirstiness, and mercilessness; Point: represents the excesses of revolutionary zeal and the dangers of dehumanization during political upheaval.
Dionysus (The Frogs)
Traits: cowardice, fickleness, and gullibility; Point: satirizes the gods' human-like weaknesses and the folly of people who blindly follow religious figures.
Volpone (Volpone)
Traits: greed, deception, and manipulation; Point: portrays the corrosive power of greed and the moral decay it causes.
Ignatius J. Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces)
Traits: pretentiousness, sloth, delusional superiority; Point: symbolizes the failure of high culture and shows the absurdity of misplaced arrogance.
Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)
Traits: miserliness, cold-heartedness; Point: critique of the lack of empathy and philanthropy in Victorian England.
Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
Traits: obsessive love, materialism, and idealism; Point: caricatures the American Dream, revealing its emptiness and illusion.
Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
Traits: wit, moral rectitude, and a tendency to judge; Point: while being a positive character, she is caricatured to reveal the pitfalls of first impressions and social prejudices.
Tom Sawyer (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Traits: mischievousness, adventure-seeking, and romantic idealism; Point: satirizes the romanticized view of childhood and the simplistic moralizing in children's literature.
Yossarian (Catch-22)
Traits: survival instinct, paradoxical logic, and self-preservation at all costs; Point: exemplifies the absurdities and contradictions of bureaucratic institutions, especially within the military.
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