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Humor and Irony in the poems of Robert Frost

This essay focuses on the humor and Irony in Robert Frost's poems. The poems discussed are "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a...

Article Review on Global Marketing

There are many pitfalls with global marketing. One is that words, phases, gestures, humor, and other issues do not translate very ...

University Days by James Thurber

describes his economic class and the perplexed foot player who has difficulty naming one means of transportation. Again, the humor...

Absurdity and Existentialism in Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide

arise out of unexpected and irrational contradictions faced by the main characters on virtually every page. The absurdity is not j...

Humor used in Persuasion

smoker has two different cognitions, which may include the idea that he smokes, as well as the idea that smoking leads to cancer (...

Huck, Emma & Asher Lev/Misfits

expected of young women in British society during this era. In Potoks novel, Asher Lev is a twentieth century boy raised in the Ha...

Erma Bombeck's Humor

In six pages the career and stylistic changes of humorist Erma Bombeck are considered. Seven sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Serious Humor in the Plays of Aristophanes

In a paper consisting of nine pages the seriousness of Aristophanes' comedies 'The Birds' and 'The Clouds' is considered. Seven s...

Robert Frost's Irony and Humor

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Frost humorously employs irony in his poems 'The Secret Sits,' 'A Cloud Shadow,' 'Mending Wall...

Literature, Humor, and Morality

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

Love, Life, and Humor in The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer

In six pages this report considers the characters, their relationships, and how they are portrayed humorously and satirically by C...