READING GLORIAGARCI JOKES: THE SEMANTIC SCRIPT THEORY OF HUMOR/GENERAL THEORY OF VERBAL HUMOR AND FILIPINO POLITICAL HUMOR Maria Rhodora G. Ancheta‚ PhD Department of English and Comparative Literature University of the Philippines Diliman 1.0 Political Humor and the Creation of Joke Work Who has not heard of at least one GloriaGarci joke? Or has not laughed at [if not downloaded and made a mobile phone ring tone of] the “Hello Garci” opening of the continuing political debacle that is now termed Gloriagate
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In our daily life‚ we all live with humor. Humor is a very essential part of our life. Nevertheless everyone doesn’t perceive humor in the same way. Man and woman have different views toward humor. That’s why some people say that humor has a connection with gender. In his article Christopher Hitchens has mentioned various reasons for women not being as funny as men. I believe Hitchers has captured most of the fundamental truths about humor and gender. Men are funnier than women because they want
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In the Pardoner’s prologue and tale‚ by presenting the Pardoner as a professional hypocrite in a situation in which he attempts to justify himself by revealing the full truth‚ Chaucer identifies that the truth in which the Pardoner deals is what makes him such a disturbing and threatening figure. For instance‚ this is most evident in the lines that are often most confusing to readers‚ when the Pardoner states‚ “ –And lo‚ sires‚ thus I preche./ And Jhesu Crist‚ that is oure soules leche‚/ So gruante
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John Gardner brought humor to his story‚ “Dragon‚ Dragon” in many different ways. There was a variety of different ways he brought the humor to the reader. This tale takes place in a kingdom from what seems to be a long time ago but yet‚ John Gardner has added some things from modern times. John Gardner has developed some funny and interesting characters to his tale‚ “Dragon‚ Dragon.” The tale starts out with a dragon. But this dragon is no ordinary dragon. This dragon does mischievous things.
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The Canterbury Tales‚ because he followed chivalry and jousted. Roland is the second character; he has short brown hair‚ is fat‚ and is a blunt talker. He represents the Parson‚ because he watches over the people who are close to him. Wat has short red hair and has an extremely short temper. He represents the Miller‚ because he is a provocative man. Chaucer has short blonde hair‚ is skinny‚ and is a very clever man. He is Geoffrey Chaucer‚ the writer and unanimous narrator of The Canterbury Tales
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The Simpsons: The family‚ its Humor and the Cultural Impact The Simpsons has been a cultural phenomenon since its appearance as animated sketches on the Tracy Ullman show in 1987.According to Jason Mittell Simpsons is an alleged embodiment of postmodernism and representative of the post-Fordist area.(Mittell‚2001).The series itself revolves around a family of average Americans‚ each character representing an exaggerated version of his own family members. In three articles three authors have managed
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The Canterbury Tales were written in 1387 by English poet and author Chaucer. Throughout the book‚ it is made clear that much of medieval society was centered around Christian beliefs. Chaucer was a Christian and through the various stories‚ several hints are given that suggest that Christianity was the primary belief of the time. Throughout “The Miller’s Tale”‚ themes of Christianity are mentioned several times. One example being when John claims that the reason Nicholas had fallen ill was because
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Is the Tell-Tale Heart a Tall Tale? How can we always trust a narrator to be credible in stories we read? Are we to assume that the words we read are always truth? If characters are able to lie to one another‚ the narrator could also have the ability to fib to the reader‚ or at the very least give a sense of false hyperbole to a situation. In the case of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart”‚ is our narrator capable of telling the story of his late night plight with complete objectivity? The
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border and another from the east. At first Montague didn’t know what he was seeing until the watchtower at the tip of the plateau suddenly lit up. A watchman barked‚ “Fires! On the islands! Fires!” he shouted. “The Faux tower is lit!” Night guards took out their horns of hollowed antler and joined the alarm. “Alert your men! Search and secure the entire kingdom!” Montague commanded. He glanced one last time at the flames raging across the islands of Grale and Mern. It reminded him of the
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symposium Aeneas Williams mainly spoke about respecting others and also stressed the importance of empathy. He is a very strong believer in the word of the Lord and does his best to be a good and sincere man of God. He also has a very good sense of humor. He has a very positive attitude and outlook on life that radiates out to the audience. There were several times that he had the entire audience laughing and smiling. He told several funny stories that he had experienced in his life. The first
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