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    Bibliography: Billig‚ M. (2005). Laughter and Ridicule – Towards a Social Critique of Humour. London: Sage. Bogdanovich‚ P Burton‚ T. (Director). (1990). Edwards Scissohands [Motion Picture]. United States. Twentieth Century Fox Film Production Callahan‚ J (Producer) Clark‚ M. (1987). Humor and Incongruity. In The Philosophy of Laughter

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    fighting depression. Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) a thirty six year old man with no job‚ wife and kids becomes close friends to Marcus; he helps out Marcus problems with the bullies and assists with Fiona’s battle with depression. The film makers use humour throughout the movie to divide up the serious incidents of the film to enable us to joke. Marcus the Protagonist starts a new school but his poor appearance such as a terrible hair cut‚ non suitable clothes‚ his relationship with his mum and singing

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    of removing bad humours. The idea of bloodletting is reinforced by the humoral theory and research of Galen. Galen states that blood is produced in the live and is consumed in body parts‚ blood is not circulating and so will stagnate in different body parts. And the humoral theory of Galen state that the healthiness of our body is maintained by the humoral balance. So if there is excessive humours‚ we should remove them in order to maintain health. If blood is the excessive humour‚ bloodletting should

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    In Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses irony to comment on the‚ absurd nature of the Victorian morals and values‚ context as well as highlight the satire‚ that he implemented‚ and humour. In the scene‚ Cecily admonishes Algy‚ who is pretending to be Ernest by saying‚ "I hope you have not been leading a double life‚ pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy." This is a use of dramatic irony as usually the act of being a hypocrite is

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    serious‚ which is quite a challenge. I will discuss the four major elements of a sitcom: setting‚ plot‚ how the humour is created and most importantly the characters. Sitcoms are character driven‚ the plots come from the character’s lives and the settings and humour come from the lives of the characters. There are common settings in sitcoms‚ which are very familiar to the viewer‚ and the humour is formed from the various conflicts between characters or the

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    Wife" and "The Loaded Dog". these 2 short stories convey the themes of hardship‚ persistence and mateship by living in tretrous conditions of the environment and surving in them.he uses these distinctively visual elements to provide context‚ create humour‚ describe setting and help communicate and devolop ideas. The Drovers wife shows the harsh landscape of the australian outback through the tough times the drovers wife has to endure by herself to survive. The perception of her is that she is a protective

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    Preliminary Assessment Task 2 – Tutorial Presentation Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two fools in a world that is beyond their understanding. They question the purpose of existence whilst pondering the mysteries of death and chance through constant rambling and anxious confusion. To understand the notion that ‘“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” locates us in places of social and psychological change’ we must acknowledge the context in which the play was written. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

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    “I’m an ozzie too‚ just like you‚ fair dinkum ridgy didge a dinky die true blue” . This quote has the use of slang to outline the poet’s sense of humour throughout the poem also. Being proud of who you are is important to both Ahn Do and Komninos Zervos as they express their feelings in personal and family anecdotes. Ahn Do uses a sense of humour in the interview with the clothes that people from Vinnies had given their family as a gift to welcome them into Australia and given them girls clothing

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     plays an important role in the play. Aside   from adding humour to the play‚ Feste has shown ­ on more than one occasion ­ the true  personalities of characters‚ which helps the reader further understand the play and characters.  Feste in some ways is also deceiving and though he was not seen making profound remarks‚  Feste seems to be the wisest out of all the characters. Feste the fool‚ brings cohesiveness to the  play‚ due to his clever humour‚ deception and ability to show other character’s true personalities

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    The stereotypes or images of the typical ‘Aussie bloke’ (drinking hard‚ swearing‚ humour‚ anti- authoritarianism‚ slang‚ individuality and mateship) contradict the images of femininity‚ emotion and an ignorance of practical skills. A good example of this is the attempt Tick/Mitzi made to be masculine for his son with the iconic bush hat

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