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Comedy is almost universal in children's literature. This paper examines how a number of children's books make use of this storyte...

which pokes fun at what might otherwise be regarded as a very unfunny subject, such as death. There is also the romantic comedy, ...

people in the same manner, with confidence, sarcasm, and wit. In the scene under discussion we see "the pink one" asking Psmith, "...

unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact. David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which t...

David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which tell the story of different situations all with a comical and...

up every day / Some new unheard-of fool for us to play" (Internet source). The prologue alone suggests that Etherege was offering ...

money, not religion. Organ, a simplistic, but good man, has allowed Tartuffe to come into his home and take dominance over his fam...

parodies American consumer culture as evidenced by the hilarious scene when grilled cheese sandwiches and coleslaw are ordered for...

Willie is still angry because Al suddenly retired eleven years earlier, breaking up the act and, with it, his professional identit...

such as Don Quixote and his tilting of Windmills(Definitions). In this story, however, two people are simply having a drink of cof...

So, while Twains comments are funny, as seen thus far, and while he himself claimed that humor was the key, we also note that he p...

Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...

theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...

is counterfeit and he gets into trouble for using the cash. He gives it away freely and frequently and makes himself appear quite ...

representation did not lack a more serious undercurrent, it was the manner in which it was approached that, according to Bergson, ...

very essence of what it means to be a human being. These representations illustrate how and why a person acts the way he or she d...

legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...

around the world. This is evidenced in the Pelasgian Creation. In the Pelasgian myth, Eurynome was the Goddess of All Things,...

their acknowledged leaders and the only character that is not played for laughs. There are also Gordon, a middle-aged, loyal custo...

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...

the Renaissance was actually a period in which practically every aspect of European life from art to religion would experience a r...

in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...

In five pages this paper discuses how within the poetic narrative Dante reinforces the Christian faith attitudes and also embraces...

An analysis of these cinematic genres and how they are used are considered in an examination of Andrew Davies' A Perfect Murder an...

This paper contrasts and compares Samuel Beckett's characters Didi and Estragon in Waiting for Godot with Laurel and Hardy in six ...

The filmmaking career of Charles Chaplin from the 'little tramp' movies to Modern Times in 1936 is explored in five pages. Six so...

This article examines the influence of Florence, Italy's politics on Dante's writing, specifically in Canto XXIV of The Inferno. T...

In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...

Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...