Throughout history philosophers and scholars have widely debated the theory of comedy and laughter‚ the types of laughter and the reasons why we laugh. In his essay “Ontological Laughter: Comedy as Experimental Possibility Space” Timothy Morton‚ discusses his views on laughter and states that “comedy is the genre closes to the ontological structure of how things are” (332). Morton begins by proposing that “a thing is exactly what it is‚ yet never exactly as it appears” (Morton 322-323)‚ therefore
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ESSAY – ‘Picnic on the Battlefield’‚ a play by Fernando Arrabal. ‘Arrabal jokes about war but thinks war is no joke.’ Discuss in reference to the play. In his play‚ ‘Picnic on the Battlefield’‚ Arrabal takes the subject of war and appears to make light of it‚ using the subject in a way that is humorous in its absurdity. However‚ the subject is treated in this way not because Arrabal believes war to be an inherently funny thing‚ but rather because he is opposed to war‚ this concept is illustrated
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Marcx Frügrëgris Breaking a Folkway On Saturday‚ a friend and I went into the Great Mall in Olathe to break a few folkways (even thoght I was told not to do it with strangers‚ I did it anyway). When we first got there‚ we talked about what we should do and how to do it. The first thing we planned to do was to go to the GameStop store‚ and wait for people to look at games. I had planned to approach someone who was looking at a new release and proceed to tell him the ending of it‚ whether or
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For as long as I have lived‚ I have always been a trickster and one to make people laugh. From playing pranks on friends while on vacation to making awful jokes and puns. I believe that the he Japanese yokai‚ known as kitsune‚ and I have a lot of traits in common. These include: wisdom‚ elements of being a trickster and being devious‚ and finally just as there are more than one types of kitsune‚ there are different sides of me. The first trait I believe we share is wisdom. Kitsune are considered
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Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress‚ pain‚ and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens‚ inspires hopes‚ connects you to others‚ and keeps you grounded‚ focused‚ and alert. With so much power to heal and renew‚ the ability to laugh easily and frequently is a tremendous resource for surmounting problems‚ enhancing your relationships‚ and supporting both physical and emotional health. Laughter
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Anna Sidhu September 26‚ 2010 Unit 1 – Lesson 1.1 – 1.11 Aunt Poem Literary Response After reading the poem Aunt by Al Young the inference I can make about the aunt’s personality is that she is not afraid to express her emotions whether those feelings are of happiness or anger‚ out going‚ and a generally happy positive person. The reason I know that she is not afraid to express her feelings is from the line in that poem “O & her anger realer than gasoline slung into fire” and “She
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Have you ever (on the weekends) watched a good movie and relaxed. What is your favorite movie? Why is it because of the qualities that the movies has or the actors? If I had to pick my favorite kid movie is The Lorax because of the qualities the movie has. I think a perfect movie qualities are meaning‚ a funny movie‚ and a twisty ending. Using the qualities that The Lorax has I picked three traits that make up a perfect movie‚ one is meaning. The Lorax has a meaning of going green‚ stop cutting
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Reading Sad Joke on a Marae by Apirana Taylor really got me thinking about how Maori men are portrayed as being alcoholics who spend all their time and money at the pub and are violent people who spend time in jail. This is shown in the text by saying “Ngatai DB is my tribe. The pub is my marae. My fist is my taiaha. Jail is my home”. I believe that this is a terrible stereotype for the natives of our country to have and also believe that it is completely wrong. This stereotype of violence and alcoholism
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IT’S NOT A JOKE TO CHOKE ON SMOKE “Come on mate just one‚ we all are. You scared or something? What is one going to do anyway?” The problem is if this teenage boy accepts that cigarette he would be a part of the 6‚000 people below the age of 18 in America to start smoking in that day. 2‚000 of those teens will keep smoking. That’s 800‚000 new teen smokers every year that are inhaling 4‚000 chemical compounds into their body‚ 40 of them are cancer causing agents and it’s all passed through just
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Heroes can be shaped by the environments they exist in. A hero must adapt to their surroundings and be resilient. This essay will be about The Captain (from “Shipwreck from the Bottom of the World” by Jennifer Armstrong) and Holling HoodHood (from “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary Schmidt). Please read along and enjoy this awesome essay. In this paragraph I will be talking about how Holling Hoodhood is an Ill-Fated. Once in the story Holling Hoodhood had to clean Mrs.Baker’s room. But that day Mrs.Baker
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