Slapstick

Michael Hoffman's 1999 film interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare is quite different than the original play, most noticeably in regards to style of reading and character representation. The film turns characters such as Duke Theseus of Athens and mischievous fairy Puck into less complicated versions of themselves in order to appeal to the larger audience. This did not come without backlash, as many would argue that this in fact took away the deeper meaning…

In September 1, 1939, the second world war started. It was between the Axis powers and the Allies. The allies consisted of India, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, China and the United States of America. While the Axis powers consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Both teams would continue to fight until September 2, 1945. The invasion of Sicily happened on July 1943, it was known as Operation Husky, it was very successful, although many of the Axis forces were…

techniques and equipment such as the mobile camera, the close-up and the editing of the films was introduced. Still exaggerated facial expressions, emotions and actions were required in order to create a melodramatic effect. He states that western and slapstick comedy dominated the arena of film, since the complicated logical deductions of the detectives were…

Section #2 - Conflict Conflict is thoroughly used in Something Wicked This Way Comes. External conflict is evident when the author writes ‘’Then the arrow… razored a small vent in the balloon’’ (151). Will punctures the Dust Witch’s balloon which created an external conflict between the two characters. The author does this to imply that the Witch underestimated Will because he had the courage to confront her whereas Jim would´ve previously been the one taking all the risks. In addition, another…

The link “Women’s Clothing from University of Vermont” was very intriguing to me. Looking at the changes in fashion from decade to decade really interests me. I could not imagine wearing clothes from before the 1910s for more than a few hours. I am glad the text said people started realizing the negative impact constraining corsets had on women’s health. I do have to mention one of the pictures showing women’s clothing in the 1880s. It shows three women leaning on huge guns. Now I hope they were…

tremendous use of grotesque poses and physicality. The use or lack of masks was very important on stock characters such as Arlecchino and the Innamorati in Commedia dell’arte. This clowning style by covering certain stock characters contributed to the slapstick comedy era. Commedia Dell’Arte kept traditional continuity while allowing diversity with the use of facial…

Oh, young love. The swarm of butterflies you get when your helplessly in love. They’re driving you lovesick to the point where you would do anything for that one special person. You would even move to a new city just to try to make it big so you can live a comfortable life with your partner. Along the way you encounter that things aren’t going to plan. Doing anything and everything for the love of your life is a lot to handle. You have a mediocre job and you are barely scraping by but you know…

Coyote. As anyone old enough to remember this cartoon knows how the kid (roadrunner) will be victorious every time. West also compares this race to a slapstick routine, or the birthing of a low budget theater act, from the television show America’s Funniest Home Videos and the Food Network. West also uses explains how people in San Antonio lust for food, specifically Mexican food, and of course the original…

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, is about a man, who is mourning the death of his love, Lenore. Based on context words, the main character is a chaotic man. The character heard a mysterious tapping sound, he checked the door of his chamber, nothing there. Then, the man checked the window to decipher this mysterious noise, when in flew a raven and perched itself atop of the bust of Pallas. The raven simply stated one simple word, nevermore. The character began getting angry with the ebony bird,…

with the ending and wanted to change the last chapters. Many readers are disappointed by the novel and Hill states “Many readers have felt that these chapters constitute an anticlimactic letdown, even a betrayal, in which Twain lapses into trivial slapstick comedy and thus loses sight of the heroic moral theme he has developed up to this point--Jim’s struggle for freedom from slavery”. Twain lets many readers down and many are angry for having read the whole novel, and the novel is ruined in the…