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Satire refers to the use of irony, or sarcasm, in verse or prose, to poke fun at or ridicule human folly and vices. Some literature is explicitly satirical, while others could be either serious, or satirical. Many reader’s of William Shakespeare’s As you like it believe it is a serious celebration of love. While, others believe As you like it is intended to be a satirical analysis of love. While both points have valid reasoning, I believe Shakespeare’s As you like it should be read as a satire…

"A joyous masterclass of physical comedy and general disaster" (Fiona Mountford, 2015) In Peter Pan Goes Wrong, by Mischief Theatre, the much-loved members of The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society battle against collapsing sets, flying mishaps and numerous miscues on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results, much to the dismay of any stage manager. I watched this play on the 17th of November…

Tartuffe is widely considered Moliere’s finest comedic play, written in 1664. It was considered quite scandalous at the time and King Louis XIV censured it (Scott 2000). The play was subtitled ‘The Imposter’, or sometimes ‘The Hypocrite’. So deeply woven into our intellectual culture is the play, or rather its protagonist, that in both French and English ‘Tartuffe’ has officially become a word. The definition in English is ‘a hypocritical pretender to piety’. This essay will examine Moliere’s…

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a satire that mocks love. Mock, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, means “to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking”(n.pag). Shakespeare does just that themes pertaining to love. He mocks love poems, relationships, and the happily ever after ending that is so common in love stories. Poems are a typical tool used by men when they are trying to woo a woman.…

The character of bottom that is played in this story is a very well thought out person to be put into the play for his seriousness and his ability for his humorous thoughts, opinions, and actions. Little do we know but during this time period this was hard to come by, especially from the working class in Athenian men.From one point is the story or play as you may call, Bottom is a very serious person to be around and to ever try to be in an argument with because he will tell you what he is…

The scenes from the play A Midsummer's Night Dream Performed by our senior theaters was the most hilarious set of scenes I have seen all year. In Jonell's and Al'Rasyah's half of scenes the comedy was very natural and was not over done, that is what makes a play funny, Kaitlyn whitehead had great character choices that were very funny. All of the actors had really good projection and annunciation, but Kennon's annunciation was superb. Jonelle could have used more variety in her voice, doing that…

Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” is a very interesting story. It is about a girl who dresses like a guy, who falls inlove with a guy, who loves the girl who loves her. Act two Scene four The duke (Orsino) is telling Cesario (Viola) that he can tell hes inlove with a young woman named Olivia. Cersario is trying to change Orsinos mind about it I saw two different short clips of this video, similar in content, but almost completely different. Each video had its own techniques, and feeling. The first…

and it becomes a misunderstanding is appreciated, but just not how executed. The first scene with Richard needs to be revised. The scene should open with Suzy and Diane talking (feels awkward not to hear them) and the opening should establish the comedy genre. When Suzy attacks Richard, one would expect more of a visual reaction from Richard and that he would say something (comedic). In addition, the opening with Richard doesn’t really have anything to do with the plot. It might be different…

I personally do not believe that Les Boys was fully able to translate across linguistic boundaries using bodily communication, because much of the humour was based in the verbal communication and the jokes may not have translated well to other cultures. There were a few scenes where the humour was based in the body, such as when Karine was distracting the other team’s goalie by acting in a promiscuous manner, but most humorous scenes were based in language. Even the scene where we find out that…

The stance that Alain de Botton took in his 2004 book, Stress Anxiety correctly addressed the goal of humorists and their effect on society. He states that humor is used, “ to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” In other words, humor used as a means to address the elephant in the room without fear of repercussion. Effective humorists have the ability to prompt or sway a person’s opinion in a way that a politician's speech simply can not. If a…