The playwright uses satire by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character. In this passage, Manny stubbornly insists on his choice to drink mint tea despite his known intolerance and its negative effects on him, highlighting his refusal to listen to reason and authority. This behavior serves to ridicule the notion of individualism taken to an irrational extreme.
MANNY (looking pale and sickly): There’s more mint in the garden if you’re partial to tea.
KRESS: Oh, no thanks. Wait. Manny, mint upsets your stomach. It always has, and Dr. Bertie confirmed just last week you’ve got an intolerance. Don’t tell me you—
MANNY (stubbornly): No doctor’s going to tell me what kind of tea I can or can’t drink! No, sir. My body is my temple. And what I say… what I say…
KRESS: Goes?
Manny holds his hand over his mouth and nods miserably.
KRESS: Manny, you don’t even like mint. You know that, right?
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
How does the playwright use satire to create an effect?
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Responses
by having a character say something they do not mean
by having a character say something they do not mean
by sharing information the characters do not have with the audience
by sharing information the characters do not have with the audience
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character
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