Parody

In my opinion, parody is a work that usually mimicking others’ works in order to highlight the weaknesses or unfairness in the original text. It existed in all field of art works such as art media, literature, music, and cinema. For instance, Anthony Hecht with his poem entitled “The Dover Bitch” was the parody to Matthew Arnold’s “The Dover Beach”. Hecht suggested that the woman in “The Dover Beach” was not empowered by his lover in the original text. He also mentioned that the woman was able to speak and express her feelings in his poem rather than in Anthony’s.

I think that parody in certain extend can be a good ways in expressing one thoughts on certain issues but it have to be properly done. As a human, we are born with talents, so we can control what ever we want. Therefore parody should be used to critic others’ works using proper language and at the same time can educate the readers.