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    In order for a comedy to be considered a classic comedy‚ it has to have specific qualities. The film must be timeless so it will be easily understood after many years‚ contain a universal plot relatable to the viewer and must utilize superstantial levels of humor. Young Frankenstein‚ directed by Mel Brooks‚ is crafted in such a way it encapsulates all of these qualities. In the film Young Frankenstein‚ the qualities of timelessness‚ a universal plot and humor can be found in memorable scenes‚ witty

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    I think that humour really is the best medicine. If someone is really upset or really angry a joke could cheer him or her right up. Also laughter could really release someone’s stress‚ and if people were a lot less stressful then the world would be a much better place. Although humour usually cheers people up it also has caused many problems. There is a lot of sick humour out there like sexist and racial jokes. Many people in our world make many racial jokes and that causes people to get very

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    9/11 Tragedy

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    APA STYLE-9/11 CITED PAGES * Ray Griffin‚ D. (2006‚ 5). The 9/11 Truth Movement - 911truth.org. 9/11: The Myth and the Reality - 911truth.org. Retrieved March 1‚ 2013‚ from http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060405112622982 * Stanley‚ S. (2001‚ ). TruthOrFiction.com-Is that forwarded email Truth or Fiction? Research into stories‚ scams‚ hoaxes‚ myths‚ and urban legends on the Internet. Search Results. Retrieved March 1‚ 2013‚ from http://www.truthorfiction.com/google-result.htm?q=9%2F11

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    My Father's Tragedy

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    It was one of those lean years of our lives. Our rice field was destroyed by locusts that came from the neighboring towns. When the locusts were gone‚ we planted string beans but a fire burned the whole plantation. My brothers went away because they got tired working for nothing. Mother and my sisters went from house to house‚ asking for something to do‚ but every family was plagued with some kind of disaster. The children walked in the streets looking for the fruit that fell to the ground from the

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    refer to Romeo and Juliet’s parents‚ the Nurse and Friar Lawrence. <br> <br>I do agree that the older generation did play a major role in their children’s destiny through their foolishness and good intentions‚ but not all blame is credited to them because Romeo and Juliet did contribute to their own tragedy. Fate also ’thwarted our intents’. <br> <br>Montague and his wife show themselves to be caring and loving parents. After the fight on the streets of Verona‚ Benvolio is conversing with Montague

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    On January 1‚ 1990 David Dinkins was sworn in as the 106th mayor of New York. He was the first African American mayor for New York. This was important at the time because New York City was racked with racial tensions and crime statistics rose while he was in office. When he won he ended Edward Koch’s bid for reelection for a fourth term. Dinkins won against former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani. Due to a recession Dinkins could not do many of the plans he wanted to instill as mayor. Dinkins reduced

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    Aristotle’s Poetic. Simply we can say that Riders to the Sea is a modern tragedy in classical settings and with classical overtones. Unlike Greek tragedies‚ Riders to the Sea deals with the sufferings of a common human being named Maurya who is the head of an Irish peasant-cum fisherman family. While Greek tragedies dealt with the sufferings of high-born people‚ modern tragedies deal with the sufferings of common people. And while Greek tragedies tell the stories of kings and princes or people of kingly status

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    TRAGEDY Q. PLOT Vs CHARACTER In Tragedy In his immortal creation Poetics Aristotle mentions six formative elements of tragedy --- ‘Plot’‚ ‘Character’‚ ‘Thought’‚ ‘Diction’‚ ‘Spectacle’ and ‘Song’. And among them ‘plot’ gets the prior attention and importance. Aristotle claims ‘plot’ to be the soul of tragedy. In his view character as secondary to the plot. He in his book Poetics opines “Plot is the fundamental thing‚ the soul of

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    structure of justice of virtue rewarded and villain punished‚ broadly speaking the poetic justice. Now since in the finest kind of tragedy the structure should be complex and not simple‚ and since it should also be a representation of terrible and piteous events (that being the special mark of this type of imitation)‚ in the first place‚ it is evident that good men ought not to be shown passing from prosperity to misfortune‚ for this does not inspire either pity or fear‚ but only revulsion; nor

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    The Inferno was part of the three-part poem called The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri. Dante‚who lived from 1265 to 1321‚ was born in Florence to a middle class family and grew up during the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. While Dante was away on a diplomatic trip‚ the Black Guelfs took over Florence and banished Dante from the city. During his life in exile‚ Dante wrote the epic poem The Divine Comedy and finished it shortly before his death. The nine circles

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