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The Effects of Hidden Socioeconomic Rules on the Middle Class Rules are everywhere. They are in sports, politics, nature, and even in social classes. However, the rules in the social classes are distinctive in that they are very seldom put to paper, but yet are still strictly adhered to at a subconscious level by every one of us. In fact, little did I know how much the hidden rules and customs of the middle class have influenced me. From small things such as how I perceive food to how humor is…

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.…

People laugh at the biggest variety of things. Ranging from puppies, to a funny interview seen on YouTube, to a montage of people hurting themselves for laughter, we can laugh due to almost anything. Lately in pop culture, there has been a lot of backlash towards the source of laughter. In movies, we see girls laughing when they make fun of another person, we see boys laughing when they pull a harmful prank on another guy, and people are generally laughing at other (s) misfortunes. Laughter as…

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…