Shakespearean comedy

Is a very simple manner the nurse in Romeo and Juliet is there purely to give some light relief from the rest of the play using sexual humour however if looked at in more detail many more roles of the nurse come into play than simply top make the audience laugh. In Act 1 Scene 3 the nurse is portrayed in a very positive and light hearted manner particularly when she tells Juliet to 'seek happy nights to happy days' it could be argued that is very light hearted sexual reference was put in the…

JOANNA BOTES 843963 WORD COUNT:1802 QUESTION 1: “Because satire often combines anger and humour it can be profoundly disturbing-because it is essentially ironic or sarcastic,it is often misunderstood”.Do you agree?Argue with close reference to events and characters in Oyono’s Houseboy and Eppel’s Absent:The English Teacher. This statement is correct as the writers satirical motive can often be misunderstood by the audience.Both Oyono and Eppel are political satirists and their…

Ferlinghetti’s The World is a Beautiful Place is a literary work with a sense of great sarcasm and satire. While the title suggests that the author holds a rather optimistic and positive view about society and its underlying allure, the actual poem is about the disguised charms of the world through the lens of cynicism. A quick glance at this poem is enough for readers to notice the author’s unique structural choice, and combined with a distinctive poetic pattern, alongside the use of…

There were times, however, when Shakespeare failed at yielding such relationships. In regards to Julius Caesar, many agree that the soliloquies were not the most compelling (Shapiro, 292). Therefore, in this play, they were arguably less valuable. This is reasonable because many soliloquies in Julius Caesar (though not all) were heavily logos. For example, Brutus possesses a soliloquy in which he contemplates a sensitive topic, the murder of Caesar. However, rather than undertaking this…

Sure Thing, a play written by David Ives, illustrates two characters, Betty and Bill, who every time they say something that the other doesn’t like, a bell rings to restart the conversation. In the play, the effectiveness of humor plays a major role which helps create the main theme of the play; it shows the importance of first impressions, and how a person initially presents themselves through dialogue could either create or destroy a friendship. The humor in the conversations between Bill and…

Jane Austen wrote her novels as a source for comedy to her readers also so she could be able to express her views on what was around her and what left an impact on her in anyway .Austen is famous for using irony by exaggerating many of her characters to make it obvious how foolish they can be . One of her most famous works Pride and Prejudice ,uses irony to distinguish and judge, critics also believe it to be the most comical . Pride and Prejudice is also the first novel which many critics have…

One of the characteristic genres of the time would be the comedy of customs that developed vertiginously with the reopening of the theaters. The preferences had changed and themes were demanded contrary to the Golden Age of English theater. Now the works are mainly in prose, although with verses in verse (in love scenes) and the arguments become complex with double or triple plot. In the plots, the behavior of society, especially of the upper classes, is represented and criticized. The tone…

Dan’s Pizzeria embodies the characteristics of a situation comedy. The overall premise of the story including the background of Dan’s Pizzeria with the exaggerated death of the Dansanzo father entertains the audience with humor. This film is purely “escapist entertainment” meaning it provides the audience with a brief escape from their everyday lives. The audience receives the opportunity to enter the world of Dan’s Pizzeria and experience joy and laughter through this comedic film. Tony and…

The invention and eventual sharing of mythology and the stories its creation has intern influenced has lead to a series of character types and eventual individual characters that both intrigue and disturb the consumer. In particular, trickster characters tend to be the most violent, unpredictable, and memorable of the characters in these stories, however; there are different types of tricksters that have been involves in some of the more well-known stories. Two of these tricksters, Anansi and…

Irony is used in the stories “Sorry, Right Number” by Stephen King and “Back There” by Rod Serling. Verbal irony uses sarcasm to hide how the character actually feels, while situational irony is what is the opposite of what is expected from that situation. Irony is needed in both of these stories because it builds suspense, makes the desire of the reader to keep reading, and making the overall story more enjoyable. In King’s “Sorry, Right Number”, he uses verbal irony through the stage…