When we examine selected history plays of Shakespeare we find that the playwright made extensive and varied use of political satire within them. Richard III, Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV, Part II, and Henry VIII all evince strains of political satire, although history, not satire, was the playwright's focus in each work. Moreover, political satire is handled differently by Shakespeare in Richard III, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry VIII. In Richard III we find that political satire revolves around the character and machinations.
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However, on a much larger scale, Titus Andronicus is largely satirical. No one can possibly take this comically grim, farcical lump at face value. Its direct, excessive portrayal of heinous crimes exceeded the bloodshed and malicious invention of its popular contemporaries, reminding me of Natural Born Killers, a film that employed excessive violence in order satire our lustily violent culture.
