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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Laughter as Therapy

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

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...

Characteristics of John Donne's Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses the poetry of John Donne in a consideration of their various characteristics including the blen...

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...

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...

Absurdity and Humor in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

In 7 pages this paper celebrates the humor contained within Catch 22 by Joseph Heller which puts life and war absurdities into a r...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In five pages this essay examines Lewis's use of humor and satire in his depiction of how people can be led away from a godly path...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

Masahiro Shinoda's 1984 Film, 'MacArthur's Children'

is this so? Intolerance is a significant factor among the many reasons countries enter into world conflicts. Coupled with the fa...

Uses of Humor in The Crying Lot of 49 by Thomas Pynchon and White Noise by Don DeLillo

In thirteen pages this paper examines how American culture, specifically, the American Dream, is critiqued using humor in each of ...

Analysis of the Comedy Genre

In five pages this paper analyzes the comedy genre in terms of the social and personal importance of humor and what exactly makes ...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

Faith and Humor

In eight pages this paper examines the use of humor in religion and faith in a consideration of Jesus, Isaac, and faith supporters...

Humorist Mark Twain

well-familiar, spoken in a regional dialect they could easily understand. According to Twain, "Humor must not professedly teach, ...

Caribbean Poetry and Humor

In six pages this paper analyzes some examples of irony and humor found in Caribbean poetry. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Ernest Becker's Escape from Evil

In five pages this report examines Becker's 1975 novel with Wertmuller's 1976 film in a comparative analysis of the dark humor and...

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...

Political Commentary and Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates

In ten pages this text's content is summarized and analyzed in terms of its humor and very serious political message in an era of ...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

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...

An Analysis of Verdecchia's Play, Fronteras Americanas

This paper analyzes Guillermo Verdecchia's play, Fronteras Americanas. The author focuses on the immigrant experience and Verdecc...