Divine Comedy

The play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde was one of Wilde’s bestselling plays. Oscar Wilde’s play is about a group of upper class friends named Algernon and Jack who imitate a made up character named “Earnest”. Throughout the play, not only does Wilde include many examples of irony, but he also criticizes the upper class. In The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde exposes the lack of responsibility in the upper class through the use of bunburying and petty arguments about…

Did you know that mockumentaries ultimately exist to parody serious subject matters addressed everyday? Directors of mockumentaries use many techniques in order to do this. In particular, the mockumentaries 'Babakiueria' (1986) directed by Don Featherstone and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' (2010) directed by Jeremy Konner both attempt to mock prominent issues that exist in society. Despite the different purposes of both mockumentaries, many similarities also exist. They are both able to highlight…

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…