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    a satirical comedy that undercuts the British aristocracy of Late Victorian England. The novella Heart of Darkness calls into question British colonialism and imperialism. Both works of literature reveal human faults within the English aristocracy and imperialism. The novella Heart of Darkness criticizes imperialism and colonialism through the use of an evil tone and dark imagery, whereas the play The Importance of Being Earnest critiques the English aristocracy with satirical comedy and…

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    Dirty Man Monologue

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    FADE IN: INT. TRAIN - DAY Cliff is sitting on the train looking out the window at the Louisiana landscape. A dirty man sitting next to CLIFF is pulling his feet to his face so he can bite off his toenails. Cliff pulls out his wallet and stares at an old picture of MARIA, STAG and himself. They are all making goofy faces at the camera. DIRTY MAN Who’s that? CLIFF Just some friends. Old friends. DIRTY MAN She looks like she smells nice. CLIFF Uh, yeah... she does. DIRTY MAN Can I have it?…

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    Suspension In Shakespeare

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    incorporate comedy in his plays to enlighten and further entertain the plot as well as the audience. As stated, A Midsummer…

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    Authors use situational irony in their stories to make the plot surprising and other emotions. The short stories “The Ransom of the Red Chief” and “The Necklace” are great examples of situational irony. In “The Ransom of the Red Chief” O. Henry uses situational irony to make a surprising and humorous plot. Also, in “The Necklace” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to make a surprising and sorrowful plot. “The Ransom of the Red Chief” is a humorous and stunning short story that is a…

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    All of the different types of interpretations of the first memberial scene, when the Capulets and Montagues talk trash to each other about biting their thumbs at each other, had been unique in their own way. With the first version from 1936 is humorous, the second version from 1976 being sarcastic, the third version from 1968 being more realistic, and finally the last version from 1996 being modern to the original scene of the two groups talking about biting thumbs. All of them though, had still…

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    King George’s songs sound very different from any of the other songs in the show. Why do you think LMM wrote his songs in this style? What is the effect? The song is more of a love pop song as opposed to rap/hip hop like the rest of the songs. LMM wrote this song like this because it is more traditional like how Britain is more traditional. He also does it because it is ironic, it sounds like a love song, but if you listen to the lyrics closely it is more threatening and posing authority over…

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    These were on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. The album as a whole I will rank at the end after presenting all my points. Country music it's beautiful when sung right and no it's not just about cheating on your wife and drinking beer. Justin does a pretty good job presenting himself in the country manner he goes slow enough to where you can always understand him and has that slow southern drawl. I wouldn’t say that he is exactly from right down in the backwoods like one of his songs sings but he is…

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    Ray Miller Short Story

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    Ray Miller stood in front of the Pearly Gates, sighing with relief. He had finally made it to the top of the endless, winding marble stairs, taking in the soaring view while trying to catch his breath. The pastor pulled out an old piece of cloth from his pocket to meticulously rub his glasses and squinted at the imposing structure in front of him. His gaze followed the intricate etchings depicting the history of humanity, from the creation of Adam and Eve to the birth and death of Jesus and…

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    Candy Man Is Cool Again M&M’s the colorful candies of red, yellow, orange,blue, green and brown candies that Americans has come to know ,and grown to love since 1941. M&Ms have just recently celebrated 75 long great year of make the delicious candy. To celebrate this grand occasion M&Ms has in listen the help of Zedd and Aloe Blacc to redo the old class timey song called the“Candyman”. This new M&M ad is about the red and yellow M&M trying to sit down in a recording studio trying to sing the”…

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    Satirical Reality The human race is forever going to be imperfect by nature; the entire population makes mistakes of different types and category. Everyone has denounced someone for a mistake of some kind, whether you do that using satire or not it is either more enjoyable than another. When someone in some nature uses sarcasm, irony, and exaggeration those combined, are a form of satire. People have used satire for decades to mock problems in the world, but also bringing it to the viewer's/…

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