Humour

Absurdity is key to this exhibition and bringing some humour or levity to minimalist art which otherwise is too often seen as confrontational, anti-humanist, emotionless and intellectually cold. Minimalism may hide its humour behind imposing machine-made structures or recontextualized ready made industrialized forms, but curator John Hampton attempts to show a lighter side of minimalism, he attempts to show us that it is inherently absurd that we take it so seriously. Upon entering the space,…

characters and the way this makes the audience react all play a gargantuan part in the play. This essay will be exploring some of the ingenious language techniques, linguistic devices and themes that give Mercutio and the scene its signature wit, humour, savagery and character. In several ways Mercutio’s character contributes to the brawl, despite how nonchalant and dispassionate he seems when the Capulets arrive. For example, he blatantly exclaims: “By my heel I care not,” when Benvolio…

Mercutio v.s Tybalt Is it possible for characters to be alike and different at the same time? In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt absolutely loathe each other. These two individuals have drastically hot tempers, extremely facetious attitudes and terrifically loyal mentalities. Even with their shared qualities, they have a few differences. The first difference between these characters would be how they display their traits; even though these traits are…

Throughout the Middle Ages and history, social ideologies have established that women were genetically inferior to men in the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects. This led to women being oppressed from any form of leadership position in the community, government, and the church. These changes were often heavily influenced by the church and current ideas in medicine and science. While most accepted it as a way of patriarchal society, there have been a select number of women who have resisted…

had a weekly TV show that first aired in 1988 and ran for five seasons. This group of five men are consistently in each week’s sketches, which focus mainly on absurd situations and, as they are men, often requires them to crossdress to add to the humour. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a live American late-night show that premiered in 1975 and is still running today, on it’s 43 season. Every episode is hosted by a different celebrity and throughout its run has featured over 140 cast members. SNL is…

behave. Be considerate to them, they may have issues going on outside of the school environment that we probably be aware of, the best thing to do is to try and understand what is going on if they behave out of character, although having a sense of humour would benefit in this situation if it was…

with grease from the years of working below cars. Calluses upon calluses cover his fingers, masking what they had originally appeared to be. Youth is unscene in his now 40 year old face. Yet, it may show in the immaturity that shines through in his humour only to be masked again by the habits of an old man.…

"Mats, I've met Manuel Neuer." Benni nudges his roommate. "Okay." Mats replied as he continues to read his magazine. He seemed disinterested with Benni's story. "Mats, I've met Manuel Neuer." said Benni again. "OKAY, and?" said Mats as he is slightly annoyed by his blond roommate. Mats is a Dortmund fan and he's very passionate about his team. It cringes Mats whenever Benni gushes about the Schalke team. "Well, I spill coffee on him." said Benni with a sad tone. "Interesting.…

Hey guys, I was assigned as a dog, so I will argue that Griffith is wrong that the jokes he’s been reading in Iliad and Odyssey aren’t really there. Griffith provided several passages in the Iliad that involved humour to exam the humorous in Greek Epic, however, these jokes seem not exist if we interpret them in another aspect. The scene in Book Nineteen, lines 380b-424 that when Achilles returns to the battle after the death of his best friend. Achilles blames the horses for his own failing…

Teen TV is well known for breaking the boundaries of TV by explore taboo topics, which creates friction in the television business and the social media world, which can greatly impact the popularity of a show and network. A lot of publicity is formed around controversial topics being depicted on TV. The television industry specifically is very vast. Teen TV is generally looked upon as low culture television. One major reason as to why that is, is the target audience. Teenagers are perceived as…