 They are sometimes romanticised and fantastic, but always dealing with human beings one can understand.Often strictly defined as a literary genre or form, though in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts.In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement.