The Three Stooges

The story of The Three Stooges began in 1922 with Ted Healy, Moe Howard and Samuel “Shemp” Howard. From a young age, Moe Howard desired to go about the career of acting. He started in smaller positions, taking most anything, such as performing in Shakespearean plays. However, nothing for Moe stuck or became massively successful. That was until he re-encountered a long-time friend, and now Vaudeville entertainer, Ted Healy, at the Brooklyn Prospect Theatre. Healy needed a replacement act, and Moe and his older brother Samuel Howard were in the crowd (“Bios Archives.”). Together Ted Healy, Moe Howard and Samuel “Shemp” Howard formed a comedy group known as “Ted Healy and His Stooges” (Santoso). The act’s focus was Healey with Moe and Shemp playing the butt of his…

There has been a time where we have all seen a stupid movie based on our own opinions of course. Rather, we like comedy, action or even romantic movies. My movie that I believe is stupid happened to be in the genre of comedy. I choose The Three Stooges, for several of reasons. Just in case you haven’t seen The Three Stooges. The Three Stooges is about how three boys named Larry, curly, and Moe got left on a nun’s doorstep at a young age. Larry, Curly and Moe eventually grew up to be stupid,…

Slapstick comedy, That may bring to mind the Three Stooges or Charlie Chaplin. Slapstick is often thought of as a low humor style of comedy filled with farce and a touch of animated violence. And yet, that doesn't tell the whole story and slapstick is much older than you might think. Slapstick comedy is primarily a physical kind of comedy based around pratfalls and mild comic violence, smacks in the head, pokes in the eyes, people falling down, etc. While it is often thought of as low comedy,…

destiny. Here we can see the relation of fate and free will, and how free will is merely a turn on the path of fate. However, when Macbeth decides that he does not like what fate has in store for Banquo 's children he becomes arrogant and tries to challenge and defeat fate.In ‘Macbeth’ one can see how the struggle between fate and free will is a battle where all sides lose. The way Macbeth reacts to fate, shows us how humans are easily drawn in by the charms of fate however the desire for…

true for all aspects of life, spanning eons of time-- even as far back as Shakespearean-era England. British literature is rich and diverse, but the idea of truth weaves its way into numerous novels, plays, and essays. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the truth harms characters once they accept it as fact. The title of Shakespeare’s play may read Macbeth, but the tyrannical king is not the only character affected by the weird sisters’ predictions. Banquo hears of…

2. Written answers to the following questions: a. Who am I? (think rank, age, gender, etc, not just character name) I all three of the witches. I am probably between the ages of 20-30 years old. My gender is mysterious to other characters for example, in Act Three Scene One, Banquo says to the witches “Upon your skinny lips. You should be woman, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.” Because of the witches unsettle gender appearance Banquo and other characters are unsure if…

lighted fools The way to dusty death.” (Shakespeare 177), Shakespeare conveys a dim reality that nothing is worth living for anymore. Enda Pontellier finds herself in the same situation at the end of The Awakening, with a melancholy existence and nothing left to live for: “There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.”(Chopin146). She goes through the motions the last few days before she makes her trip into the deep seas. Macbeth…

In her madness on her quest, Lady Macbeth is willing to take the risk of losing everything and she believes they will get away with it if Macbeth does exactly as she orders. After the murder she continues to persuade Macbeth by telling him “These deeds must not be thought after these ways: so, it will make us mad”, suggesting that if they don’t think about the murder then they can pretend it never…

Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a well known tale about a man whose own ambition drives him to become the murderer of anyone in his way. Following an ominous prophecy by three witches, Macbeth allows power to blind his moral character and stops at nothing to rise to the top as King of Scotland. As his plans unfold, they soon fall apart and he answers for his crime by facing extreme consequences. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall. The first…

The theme, characterization, and social aspect of Macbeth are different from those in Antigone. Macbeth, a respected man, pursues power by all means, killing people and manipulating those that believe he respects them. Meanwhile, Macbeth communicates with three witches to ensure that his plans of action are uninterrupted trying to become king by any means necessary. However, during his mission to become king, all turn tragic and he never achieves the chance to learn from his actions. On the…