Question

presentation about what makes the story The King and the Doctor a satire.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Summary of the short story ‘THE KING AND THE DOCTORS’ by George Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw’s ‘The King and the Doctors’ is a fine satire on doctors who belong to different schools and faiths in the profession of medicine. It criticizes their professional rivalries which often hinder rather than help patients improve their health.

In the country of the Half Mad the King fell ill. As he had established very kindly relations with his subjects, his illness caused a great affection for him and for his family. The king had twelve doctors to attend him but there was no sign of his being cured. People became anxious. They said a single doctor was generally sufficient to kill one of them, so how the king could survive twelve doctors.

Answer 2

Answer:    

Bernard Shaw's play 'The King and the Doctors' is a satire on doctors who are from different schools of medicine.

Explanation:

• A satire can be referred to as "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in contemporary politics and other topical issues."    

• The King and the Doctors is a perfect satire that depicts the loss which often occurs when professional rivalries take place and hinder the health of a patient rather than help them.
• The play shows how the health of the King is in jeopardy because doctors who belong to different schools and faiths in the profession of medicine look for various means to help in curing the king. They are unable to find the cause of the disease which makes it tough for them to come up with a cure.
• Too many doctors for the king makes it difficult to come up with a solution and find the cause of his disease. Thus the moral of the story is: Too much of anything is good for nothing.