Satire Essay

[`Shally.]

Well, I have to type/write out a Satire Essay, but I don't recall what a Satire is and I might need some short examples of it in order for me to start on my own essay. I have to turn this on by Monday, June 2 2014, so hopefully I have some ideas before that day comes.
The guidelines to my Satire essay is that it has to be creative and based on the story of Macbeth. So hopefully, it's not too hard on the story. The examples can be anything similar to the story of Macbeth, I just need like a booster to see what a satire is.

And thank you to those who help.
Also I might post a sample of my essay if what you guys explained to me is what should be a satire. And my final draft may also be posted once I'm finished to be proofread :D

[Angel~]

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.

A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration,juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.

Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, television shows, and media such as lyrics.

I got this from wikipedia and I agree with it. I just didn't know how to phrase it correctly. They are usually animal stories with the animals mimicking humans and through that making fun of the characters.

I'm not familiar with Macbeth though, so I can't really help you there. But you could take characteristics from characters and enlarge them in their animal counterparts. Basically you should write a parody on Macbeth.

Best of luck!!