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    The leaves IGCSE

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    green lawns‚ wide terraces‚ noble trees and three characters: the Earl‚ his son Freddie and Beach‚ the butler. Readers will note how Lord Emsworth relies on his butler to put his hat on and to take the cap off his new telescope. Much of the story’s humour derives from the dialogue‚ with even the butler given choice lines. By contrast‚ the head-gardener is given a comic Scottish accent (‘She’s paying’ me twa poon’ a week’). Students should be encouraged to note dialogue and descriptions they find particularly

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    Role The Humoural Theory is the theory that the human body consists of four basic substances or humours: black bile‚ bile‚ phlegm‚ and blood. In balance‚ these humours bring health and sanity‚ but in excess or deficit of one of the humours‚ a person’s psychological health and personality are affected. In Much Ado About Nothing‚ William Shakespeare creates Don John‚ a character of an imbalance of humours. Don John is clearly an unbalanced individual because he comes up with twisted ways to meddle with

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    Whose Life Is It Anyway

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    this contemporary disheartening issue that many people are facing nowadays through the use of language such as the strong characters‚ black humour‚ innuendo‚ and metaphors. The characters play a significant role in this play. Ken is an example of this. He is able to give the audience an insight into his life by conveying his ideas. He does this by using black humour‚ puns and innuendo. He shows us what a valuable contributor to society he may have been because he is funny and clever. We like him‚ and

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    Shakespeare uses dramatic comedy as a main way to create humour to the audience. The shock factor creates a comical atmosphere to the beginning of the play‚ and the form in which Shakespeare introduces the character’s expresses effectively each character’s over exaggerated personality creating dramatic comedy. As twelfth night is a comedy but is all about mistaken identity and love Shakespeare had to reveal the comedy in discreet ways to make the humour natural and the only way this could be produced was

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    Joke

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    an ending to make it humorous. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken joke in that the major component of the humour is physical rather than verbal (for example placing salt in the sugar bowl). Contents [hide] 1 Purpose 2 Antiquity of jokes 3 Psychology of jokes 4 Jokes in organizations 5 Rules 5.1 Precision 5.2 Rhythm 5.3 Comic 5.4 Wit 5.5 Humour 6 Cycles 7 Types of jokes 7.1 Subjects 7.2 Styles 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External

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    Humor And Racism Analysis

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    good laugh. Alleen & Nilsen (2006) also argue that perceptions of humour are dependent on whether an ethnic joke comes from the inside or outside. In other words‚ Alleen & Nilsen (2006) argue that when humour comes from the insider it is deemed as acceptable or expected behaviours‚ however when the jokes are coming from the outside it is taken to be critical or insulting (p.135). Alleen & Nilsen (2006) are suggesting that sometimes humour is not always understood by everyone‚ but sometimes it is just

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    use of humour to introduce sinister issues; he uses humour as a lubricating tool to ease the tension of the plot and maintain the readers engagement. Particularly‚ in chapter fourteen‚ I was intrigued by the way that Taylor glazes over the concept of the fallibility of humanity through Virgil’s visit with Wayne. Due to their lack of knowledge‚ Virgil‚ and sadly‚ the entire population of Otter Lake‚ fall victim of humanity’s tendency to judge

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    Glaucoma Case Study

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    and the iris. There are five types of glaucoma: - Chronic open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma and is caused by a blockage in the trabecular meshwork which drains the aqueous humour out of the eye. This means aqueous humour is not efficiently balanced out as more and more aqueous humour is produced and not enough is removed‚ causing an increase in intraocular pressure. This develops slowly. - Primary angle-closure glaucoma which can occur slowly (chronic) or quickly (acute) leading

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    Commentary “A Piece of Cake” “A Piece of Cake” is the third short story of Roald Dahl’s collection Over to you published in 1946. The collection deals with Royal Air Force pilots or civilians who participate in World War II. The story deals in a first part‚ with an unknown first-person narrator who doesn’t remember his accident well. Before the latter happens‚ he and Peter‚ his fellow pilot plan to head towards Mersah Matruh. As they prepare to fly off‚ an airman warns them to be careful

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    How to Write Radio Drama

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    RADIO DRAMA by TIM CROOK Here are some horrible truths: Most radio drama is very badly written. Radio drama is an endangered species. It has never taken a hold of mainstream programming on commercial radio in the UK. It used to be the mainstream in the States and Australia but lost out to TV in the middle to late fifties. It is under threat within public radio services including the BBC because of the pressure of monetarist ideology and the fact that authors and radio drama directors have been

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