It has been said that a key role of comedy is to transgress what is normally accepted‚ including social and sexual taboos. How and to what extent do you think this is true of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest? The De fabula of Evanthius said that comedy is “a mirror of everyday life that treats of various habits and customs of public affairs‚ from which one may learn what is of use…and what must be avoided” which is true of the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. However
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How important is gender in creating comedy in the ‘Importance of Being Earnest’? Dramatic comedy originated in Ancient Greece in 5th century BC‚ centred around loose plot lines and exploiting certain situations through parody‚ farce and mockery. Comedy started developing in 4th Century BC where intricate plot lines were introduced‚ commonly based around love and romance and usually culminating in a satisfactory and happy resolution. This is much like the structure of ‘The Importance of Being
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“Confusion and deception are key elements of comedy.” How does Shakespeare present these ideas in Twelfth Night? Confusion and deception are two key elements that occur often in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and they seem to go hand in hand with one another- where one occurs the other is slowly behind. As in most comedies‚ Twelfth Night celebrates different forms of confusion and deception in order to make the play more entertaining and comical Shakespeare incorporates the confusion and deception throughout
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Exaggeration is a hallmark of comedy. Instead of being a serious tragedy‚ Shakespeare makes the characters over exaggerate simple things and problems adding a level of humor instead of seriousness. When Juliet and her father get into an argument instead of sounding serious he sounds
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vacuums‚ waited tables‚ painted‚ and worked as a legal secretary. “Once‚ during a public speaking event‚ DeGeneres found herself frightened by the crowd and used humor to get through the experience. She was a hit‚ and received offers to do stand-up comedy. She began performing in 1981‚ bolstered by her mother’s moral and financial support” (A&E Television Networks). When she was 23 years old she started doing stand up at a local coffeehouse. “She got her big debut in 1986 when‚ acting on a tip
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The Happy Journey by Thornton Wilder Written in the year 1931‚ The Happy Journey is one of the most famed works of Thornton Wilder. Being a one-act play that it is‚ it is not short of being one of the most intriguing plays‚ where action and dialogues provide a deeper insight than any prop or setting might have provided. This play‚ uses no background‚ nor any scenery‚ but is able to give the best out of nothing. The setting is visible to our mind’s eye‚ unless we are at a lack of imagination; and
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In “The Lottery” the characteristics describe it as a comedy. Even though the ending is tragic‚ the story contains no hero‚ and does not really teach a lesson. Rather it shows a culture of a village and it’s villagers. That leaning in culture shows more realistic‚ and more common language. Such as when Joe Summers enters the scene he says “Little late today‚ folks.” And when he needs help with carrying the black box he asks the Martins “Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?” This shows
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doing this. Looking at this scene‚ it gives the audience the impression that Hector is the simply comic figure because of the exuberant atmosphere of his classroom life. During the play Hector uses many forms of comedy within his role. One of the main types he uses is physical comedy: ‘Timms: Wasn’t he a nancy‚ sir? Hector: Foul‚ festering‚ grubby-minded little trollop! Do not use that word! [Hits him on the head with an exercise book] Timms: But you use it‚ sir! Hector: I do‚ sir‚ I know
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life is a catastrophe." How far do you agree with this model of comedy in relation for The Importance of Being Earnest?- Edward Braddock. The Importance of Being Earnest has been described in many ways‚ some believing that its dialogue is "wittily allusive and understated rather than downright comic" ‚ whereas others believe it is simply a narrative driven by Wilde’s deep roots in the Aestheticism movement. Despite the play being a comedy where the status quo remains when the curtain falls‚ the jovial
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Macbeth ‘Women had no single or stable place from which to define themselves as independent beings’. A quote from Catherine Belsey showing the oppression women faced living in the misogynistic Jacobean era where woman where nothing but subservient to their husbands. Macbeth was written when King James I was ruling‚ James was fascinated with witch craft and demonology; the reason as to why there was is so much in Macbeth. Today’s society would find this treatment of women obsolete‚ but the relationship
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