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Purpose Served by Humor

the author describes as being broken down into eleven categories which are anecdotal, satire, sarcasm, invective, sardonic, irony,...

American Humor

after prime time players. What is really going on in this brand of humor? American humor has not always centered around political...

The Miser by Moliere

is marrying for the money he supposes her to have and it is suggested that she marry him for the comforts that he will provide her...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

through his demonstration of the comedic emptiness of the emotions of the characters in the play. Feste is a stage clown. With e...

Comparison of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

are not primarily about war. The love element is significantly greater. In exploring Virgils Aeneid, it is perhaps the metamorpho...

Humor and Television Commercials

In six pages this paper examines how humor is used in TV commercials' advertising strategies. Four sources are cited in the bibli...

Embracing Cultural Differences

In five pages the distinctions an individual may encounter when traveling in an area where there is a different culture are examin...

Analysis of 1987 Documentary Cannibal Tours

In two pages Dennis O'Rourke's 1987 documentary is analyzed especially in terms of its effective employment of both irony and humo...

American Family Represented in The Simpsons Cartoon

In five pages this paper discusses how the humor, goals, dreams and family life of America are reflected in the FOX cartoon series...

American Humor of the Early 20th Century

In five pages this research paper examines the social changes that occurred in America during the early portion of the 20th centur...

'Grace Under Fire' A TV Comedy Consideration

In three pages the aggressive, superiority, and cognitive humor theories are applied to this ABC television sitcom. There is one ...

Can Computers Lie?

The Human Brain Descartes argued that the mind is an entirely separate substance from the body because he can "think" of...

Teaching Defensive Skills in Coaching

With the emphasis on scoring and offense, teaching defensive skills can be one of the more difficult tasks of a coach. This paper ...

Puns in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

Laughter as Therapy

In eight pages this paper discusses the psychological and physical therapeutic value of laughter and humor. Nine sources are cite...

The Comedy Team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

In this paper consisting of eight pages this comedy duo's contributions to American humor is explored. There are four bibliograph...

Lautreamont, Apollinaire and Black Humor

idea of cooking his shoe, which he proceeds to each with the gusto that would befit a culinary masterpiece. Chaplins mastery of p...

Humor Expressed by Ethnic and Cultural Groups

In two pages this paper examines the groups that joke about each other and how back in the 1930s FDR requested to be briefed on Eu...

Business, Education, Health Care, and Humor

In three pages this paper examines how each of these areas can benefit by the use of humor. There are no bibliographic sources us...

Humor Throughout One's Life Span

In four pages this essay ponders 'applied' humor development in children and throughout life when trials and tribulations begin to...

Hamlet's Comedy Provides Relief

remark that Laertes and Ophelia had been discussing Hamlet, Polonius starts into a long dissertation on Ophelias lack of experienc...

Comparison of Medieval and Modern Views with William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Every Man

and turned" (Every Man - III, 2, pp. 48) and Hamlets "imagination" as he dwells on the experience of seeing his fathers ghost: "Th...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Humor

In five pages the ways Washington Irving employed humor in his famous story are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Angela Carter's 'The Werewolf' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Hop Frog'

These two stories are contrasted and compared in seven pages in terms of how the protagonists' emotionally appeal to the reader al...

Children's Literature, Humor, and Changing Messages

In fifteen pages this paper compares the humor and messages in a comparison of children's literature by Maud Hart Lovelace, Sydney...

Two Variants in Caribbean Race Relations by H. Hoetink

in religion. Although Hoetink takes a specific look at the sociology of the area, it would be impossible to consider this without...

United States, the Caribbean, and Slavery

In eight pages a comparative analysis of slavery in these two areas is presented. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Theodore Roosevelt's Caribbean by Richard H. Collin

of Kaiser Wilhelm, John Tyler Morgan, Jose Marroquin, J.P. Morgan and William Randolph Hearst (xv). In arguing that historians "...

Caribbean, American, and Japanese Corporate and Organizational Cultures

This paper examines how business success or failure is influenced by corporate and organizational cultures in a comparative analys...

Latin America and Caribbean Post Spanish American War Involvement of the US

In six pages this paper discusses the post Spanish American War involvement of the United States in Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Puer...