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watching her fool the clueless Cinesias. Furthermore, Zinsser and Highet both explain why dramatic irony amuses the audience. According to Zinsser, a humorist allows readers to feel superior than the writer (Zinsser 227). Similarly, Highet argues, “Comedy and farce look askance and from below” (Highet 155). Dramatic irony in Lysistrata creates the relationship of the humorist and the humored by demeaning the characters to elevate the…

In the Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness, the irony is used throughout the book to get deeper meanings across. Toews’s even uses dark and adolescent humor to not only to show the gap between reality and the ideal but also to bridge that gap. An example of this ironically laced humor would be Nomi explaining what there is to do in East Village ‘”Golf was another one because it consisted of using a rod to hit something much, much smaller than yourself and a lot of men in this town enjoyed that…

The Comedic Nature of Lysistrata On the year 411 BC, Aristophanes wrote the comedic play Lysistrata, the first anti-war play in the world. Comedy takes various forms, and the purpose of this essay is to analyze the comedic elements used in Lysistrata to determine whether it is a farce or a satire. Why is this important? Michael Moses, the president of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics said: “The key to adjusting the relative strengths and weakness of a particular work was for the…

“Roman Fever” starts out as what one may think of being a tale between two dear, childhood friends. However, as the reader gets deeper into the heart of the story, this is clearly not the case. Looking within the pages, one can see how Wharton uses irony to tell her tale. The irony brings the story to life and makes it an exciting, passionate story of romance and revenge. Wharton uses irony as a way to draw the reader in, with twists and turns and flare that make the story unique and addicting.…

There are many literary devices writers throughout history have utilized. One of the most powerful, yet complicated literary device is irony. Irony occurs when what a reader expects to happen is the complete opposite of the actual outcome. Irony helps illustrate humor especially in the works “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a framed narrative that tells the tale of Jim Smiley…

In the article, Integrating Dark Humor and Compassion, theorist Erving Goffman 's theory of Dramaturgy, is utilized to explicate the various ways in which individuals present themselves in the setting of Hospice care. Hospice care is defined as Dramaturgy views everyday interactions of social life as a series of dramatic performances like that of a theater. This is based on Goffman 's concept of the self, "the sense of who one is that is a dramatic effect emerging from the immediate…

At first glance, it is easy to notice a similar pattern of Manh introducing the word ‘sympathise’ in extract 1 where he initiates extensive long turn to explain the meaning of the word ‘criticise’ (line 148-158). After finishing his explanation, Manh turns to seek for the students’ confirmation by asking, “get what I mean?” in line 158. However the students’ confirmation is not convincing enough, which leads to Manh reinstating and initiating another adjacency pair in line 160. The second time…

out of love. They lie, they cheat, they dominate, and they are formidably dominated. Memorable unruly characters and lasting theatrics, where the Bard releases piquant humor and mischief in The Taming of The Shrew (Shr.), c. 1593, one of his first comedies (The British Library). Aptly, the play satirizes mores of its Tudor epoch, stirring and plays within a play where diction bites. Theatrically, the work is based, in principle, about courtship upsetting dynamics, marital proposals, and…

A joke party, also known as a frivolous party or a satirical party, is a political party that is created for the point of entertainment or to make a political statement through satire. Although they do occasionally exist as a way to spread a message across, sometimes they their existence is mainly a source of humor or entertainment. The following is a list of satirical parties from around the world. Although the level of success that they have found varies, they all share one common…

Who else in this world wouldn’t want to be happy and laughing? We all struggle hard to find something that cheer and laugh us so that we could feel alive. There might be many things that can help you feel alive and chill or make you laugh, but funny words and funny phrases have their magic which can turn any situation into a chill and laughable moment. And when it comes to words and phrases that make you laugh, there are no better words or phrases other than funny phrases. Funny Phrases and…