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Essays 1801 - 1830

Melodrama as Both Tragedy and Comedy

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. ...

Orgon is a Fool in Moliere’s Tartuffe

in the characterization of Orgon. He unequivocally believes everything Tartuffe tells him, and would likely purchase Florida swam...

"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" - Analysis

show Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia an unlikely success is something of an understatement. It dares to joke about abortion, the...

Human Kind's Place In The Universe And How The Nature Of Drama Changes In "Tartuffe"

between tragic drama and comedic drama that had heretofore not been portrayed through theatrical productions. Indeed, tragedy con...

Beckett's "Endgame" - Theatrical Passage

as audience members question the correctness of snickering at something so obviously bleak. Still, they are hard pressed to avoid...

LIONSGATE AND TARGET MARKETS

its production and distribution down to a science, when it comes to marketing movies, there is always room for improvement. Lionsg...

Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys and Theory of Drama

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

The History of Cinematic Comedy

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

David Ives' One Act Play Sure Thing

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

Mary Tyler Moore Show & Feminist Theory

photogenic, but air-headed newscaster. Additional cast members were Valerie Harper, as Marys best friend Rhoda; Cloris Leachman, n...

"What About Bob?"

good fit that does not easily occur, if indeed it occurs at all. For his part, Dr. Marvin is only a caricature of...

Mrs. Doubtfire/Film Review

her away from home and the kids. Daniel seeks the help of his flamboyantly gay brother, Frank, to help him disguise himself as a w...

Literary Nature of Comedy

this suggests, comedy provides numerous benefits. When the famous Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean lay on his deathbed, it is reput...

Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and Portrayal of Women

woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...

Comparing Lysistrata by Aristophanes and Tartuffe by Moliere the Uses of Humor

terms to refer to exaggeration and understatement within the realm of comedy. As far as I can determine, both Moliere and Aristoph...

Family Reality TV The Cosby Show and The Brady Bunch?

get together, there was the typical conflict one would expect from step-siblings who are still wary of one another, but who know t...

Medieval Times and Attitudes About Women

the man is Ywain she is happy and tells him, "she ought not refuse to take as lord a good knight and the son of a king" which is s...

Aristotle the Comedian?

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

Lysistrata and Laughter According to Bergsonian Criteria

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

Sitcom Defined

characters have done since. She did so because she was in reality presenting the factors that were important in keeping the Ameri...

Catalan Identity in 'Teta I La Luna'

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...

TV Situation Comedies Home Improvement and Everybody Loves Raymond

love one another. They give each other things, and try to understand one another as best they can. The audience feels that they do...

Comedies of Neil Simon

but Simons characterization that is the source of the humor. Similarly, in Barefoot in the Park, young newlyweds adjust to marri...

Nature as Used in Dante's 'The Purgatorio' and 'The Inferno'

II). Through this imagery, Dante suggests that the human soul is naturally inclined to journey towards the light and to wish to as...

17th and 18th Century Censorship of the English Stage and Jeremy Collier's Pamphlet, 'A Short View on Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage'

the name of Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) embarked upon his own personal crusade to censor these works on religious grounds. The pub...

Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Visit

of money and they will all essentially be wealthy. In the end the townspeople kill this man so they will receive the money....

Ben Jonson and His Influence

(Jokinen). He died on August 6, 1637. It has been noted that Jonsons best work is characterized by his "wide and penetrating ob...

Neil Simon's Comedies and Their Deeper Messages

about him that they like(attempts at creating anti-heroes aside, of course). Then, to have any kind of story at all, the protagoni...

Ben Jonson's Comedies and Characters That Overreach

make him sick in actuality. To relieve his masters distress, Mosca tells the lady that her husband is riding off in a gondola with...

History of Literature and Changing Character Gender Roles

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