ARTISTIC FEATURES OF EVELYN WAUGH
Abstract
<em>Over the thousands of years during which satire has been derived from comedy, many different styles and tools have been used. Humor is one of the most effective, and therefore one of the most popular; some element of it is found in ancient Satire and nearly everywhere in modern Satire. This is perhaps most obvious in Evelyn Waugh’s “A Handful of Dust”, which never gives any overt indication of irony, but nevertheless the entire work is ironic. This style can also be seen in Evelyn Waugh’s works. In “Decline and Fall” and “A Handful of Dust”, the main characters always feel as though they are doing something wrong by violating the rules and values imposed on them y society, when in fact they are doing morally; a fact that is obvious to the audience but not to them.</em>