Essays 241 - 270
Comedy." His Italian allegory depicts the Christian hereafter that is subdivided into cantos of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purga...
show Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia an unlikely success is something of an understatement. It dares to joke about abortion, the...
They have decided to acquire it so that the airport can be expanded. Thus, the working class Kerrigan family is pitted against th...
views of his day through his commentary. James, as an Anabaptist, was considered less than human by many of Europes more conventio...
retelling of the Faust legend; the story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in return for success and love in this world. ...
their acknowledged leaders and the only character that is not played for laughs. There are also Gordon, a middle-aged, loyal custo...
In five pages this paper discuses how within the poetic narrative Dante reinforces the Christian faith attitudes and also embraces...
Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...
An analysis of these cinematic genres and how they are used are considered in an examination of Andrew Davies' A Perfect Murder an...
Comparing and contrasting the search for enlightenment in the works of Dante Alighieri and Hanshan in 4 pages. Primary sources on...
An analysis of the element of tragedy in Ephesus as presented in this classic work by William Shakespeare. The author of this pap...
once mentioning the word "pregnant" in the script. This changed to some extent in the 1960s, but not as much as one might have ex...
expectations of the movies plot. The believability of characters is directly proportionate to the credibility of the plot. If a ...
on society and human interactions. Even in family situations on evening sitcoms, the depiction of men and women and their roles ...
do. "With Ozzie and Harriet, everyone felt guilty," said Barbara Cadow, a psychologist at U.S.C. School of Medicine. "With these...
In fourteen pages this paper discusses TV sitcoms during this time period and how they portrayed the American family with past and...
In three pages the aggressive, superiority, and cognitive humor theories are applied to this ABC television sitcom. There is one ...
An analysis of the element of tragedy in this classic by William Shakespeare. Mistaken identity and familial relationships are de...
This article examines the influence of Florence, Italy's politics on Dante's writing, specifically in Canto XXIV of The Inferno. T...
_Comedy in particular can be a window on social mores and history. This paper looks at the 1960s play A Funny Thing Happened on th...
The filmmaking career of Charles Chaplin from the 'little tramp' movies to Modern Times in 1936 is explored in five pages. Six so...
In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...
only as a representation of misconstrued appearance. As time progresses, Othello - quite arguably the only character with a stell...
In five pages this paper discusses the author Dante Alighieri and his fictional alter ego Dante the poet in his epic in terms of t...
In ten pages this paper examines how disguise is used in a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, M...
In five pages the characters featured in these plays are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...
between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...
and one-time suitor Oliver sell her stock in his company. Carlotta does not consider returning to the stage as an option to her fi...
also called La Commedia (The Comedy) by Dante. In the poem, the poet Dante, travels to hell (Inferno) then purgatory (Purgatorio) ...