funny... but not it’s funny how hello is always accompanied with goodbye it’s funny how good memories can start to make you cry it’s funny how forever never seems to last it’s funny how much you’d lose if you forgot about your past it’s funny how “friends” can just leave when you are down it’s funny how when you need someone they never are around it’s funny how people change and think they’re so much better it’s funny how many lies are packed into one “love letter” it’s funny how one night
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Tatenda Mudeke A.P English That’s not funny Standup comics are probably some the people with the hardest entertainment jobs ever. The idea of standing up in front of a group of people and simply releasing jokes is harder than you think. It takes a lot of courage‚ self-confidence‚ funniness‚ and talent to be a successful comic. This why comedians have different styles of doing standup and can be categorized into different groups. The White Comedian: Any standup comic who considers himself/herself
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| "Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny?" | | By: David Zakheim 12/21/2011 | David Zakheim Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny? “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it” (White). One shouldn’t question comedy and what is funny to people. As soon as that happens all of the funniness disappears. There is no easy answer to why people laugh at things‚ and why things
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I believe that we talk more about the weather in March than in any other month. We take for granted April with showers‚ Summer with its heat and drought‚ Winter with its frost and snow‚ but with March it is different. March is the beginning of Spring. We know‚ of course‚ that the meteorologist says Spring begins the 21st‚ but we prefer to disregard that fact and believe that we already sense Spring riding upon the wings of the March wind. We have a premonition of little creatures stirring in the
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September 24‚ 2012 King Oedipus- Essay "What walks on four legs at dawn‚ two legs at noon‚ and three legs at nightfall." This was the riddle posed by the Sphinx who at the time was destroying the city of Thebes. The riddle was solved by none other than Oedipus who was made king for ridding the city of the Sphinx. Ironically though‚ Oedipus in his life comes to embody the riddle of the Sphinx and its soulution. Firstly‚ the Sphinx is percieved as a curse on Thebes and Oedipus also becomes a curse by
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is defined as a literary character that makes an error of judgment or has a total flaw‚ that combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy. This pertains to Oedipus‚ as his brash decisions and unwillingness to accept the truth‚ along with his doomed fate‚ leads to his demise. The first thing that makes Oedipus a tragic hero is that he makes some large errors of judgment. This occurs when he decides to announce the punishment for the murderer of the late King Laius in front of all
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Oedipus Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles provides readers with a tragic tale of mystery. In Oedipus’ quest to search for the murderer of the slain king‚ Laius‚ whose death has brought disdain to the land of Thebes‚ Oedipus begins to unravel a whole new mystery altogether‚ the mystery of his life and origins. In the crumbling city of Thebes‚ the citizens have sought out the help of Oedipus because of the death of their king‚ Laius. They believe that the murder of Laius is what has brought the
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journey of self-discovery? Cite examples from Oedipus and one other piece we have read in class or own experience.” We must have gone through searches of identities in our lives. At that time‚ we might be confused by how other saw us and how we saw ourselves. Some would start reject themselves‚ and others would learn to accept. In “Oedipus the King”‚ the author Sophocles uses characterization‚ dramatic irony and symbols to emphasize the obstacles of Oedipus in his search of identity. Sophocles utilizes
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intentions were irrelevant if the result was chaos or disaster." The gods expect justice to follow their own set of rules‚ and those who refuse to comply‚ must suffer the consequences. A fine example of this can be seen in the Greek tragedy King Oedipus by Sophocles‚ translated by E.F. Watling. The tragedy explores three different ways that justice can be handed down to the people of Thebes. Some receive poetic justice‚ others receive a form of civil justice‚ and the rest are served with rough justice
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Sophocles "Oedipus the King" is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of Oedipus was well known to the athenian ’s. Oedipus is the embodiement of the perfect Athenian. He is self-confident‚ intelligent‚ and strong willed. Ironically these are the very traits which bring about his tragic discovery. Oedipus gained the rule of Thebes by answering the riddle of Sphinx. Sophocles used the riddle of the sphinx
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