In this paper I will be comparing two different shows. I will be looking at the how The Simpsons and the children’s show Spongebob Squarepants’ approach to halloween is similar and different. The specific names of the episodes to be analyzed are The Simpsons Episode 5 Season 27 (Treehouse of Horror XXVI) Spongebob Episode 13 Season 1 (Scaredy Pants). In Spongebob Squarepants’ Halloween episode (Scaredy Pants) the mood is mostly light hearted with a little bit of spookiness. In the episode Spongebob
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How television is making people smarted. People all over the world turn on their television each night and watch a few moments to a few hours of television and it is hard to miss a reality show which on almost any channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”
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brother’s intelligence‚ Bart is naive to the experiment his sister is conducting between the hamster and himself. For example‚ in the beginning of the episode‚ Lisa get the idea while sitting at the table with her mother. Marge suggests running a hamster through a maze‚ and Lisa imagines a hamster doing just that. The hamster’s head is replaced with that of Bart‚ and the hybrid creature promptly gets stuck‚ crying‚ "Help me! Help me!" Lisa laughs wickedly. Lisa fails to inform not Bart‚ not anyone about
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episode “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling they go through in a very similar situation. Last but not least the episode “Das Bus” from The Simpsons by David
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By Isla Martirez Shakespearean Comedy - Essay In the Shakespearean comedy “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ William Shakespeare cleverly uses the techniques; Satire‚ Caricatures‚ Wit and Irony to create humour. “The Simpsons” & “The Big Bang Theory” are television shows that also engage the audiences with the same comedic techniques. The comedic technique satire is used in comedies to make fun and criticize the stupidity and weakness of individuals. In the Shakespeare’s
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Adolescent Archetype An archetype is defined as a universally understood pattern of behavior or a prototype upon which others are copied or patterned. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was and still is the basis for which authors use for their characters in their writing. Huck Finn’s adolescent archetype is based off his characteristics. In Huck Finn‚ his independence‚ rebelliousness‚ and his loquaciousness with people are used for the foundation that authors base characters similar to Huck Finn on
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episodes such as this reinforcing negative religious stereotypes in our mind (such as all Muslims are terrorists) and‚ as a result‚ turning us into intolerant people? My husband’s argument concerning the previous question is this: Shows like the Simpsons are just entertainment. The information presented is not necessarily accurate‚ and it doesn’t have to be. It is purposely offensive and must be very extreme to provide humour‚ which it does very well and people like it. Just because stereotypes are
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I want to have a goldfish for a pet. I’ll feed her. I’ll take her to the vet just for a checkup. I think a goldfish will be a great pet. I hope I want a lizard to be my pet. I will take him to the vet for nine hours and days. It will be great too. I want to have a guinea pig for a pet. I’ll feed her‚ also take her to the vet. I think so. I think a cat will be a great pet for me. I will take him to the vet. I think a god will not make noises and it will be a great pet for me to play together
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the Simpson’s Raven video incorporated everything about the Simpsons. I felt like Homer was the right character to be portrayed in this video because the protagonist in the poem seemed to be a nervous‚ anxious man and Homer fits that just right. I also felt like Bart was the best choice for the raven because he kind of antagonizes people and he did just that in the video. One thing that I thought was funny‚ yet distracting was when Bart says “Eat my shorts!” It wasn’t necessary and I missed the next
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The misogynistic depiction of women on television When watching scripted television series‚ the lack of strong female characters immediately becomes clear. The women portrayed are essentially the same as they were in the fifties and sixties‚ as is the underlying message of most scripted series. The misogynistic and anti-feminist portrayals of women on television are a problem‚ because television is a major influence on how people see the world in general‚ and women and feminism in particular. By
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