The two clips I showed are ones that I find particularly hilarious. Not for any particular reason other than the fact that I just do. That’s the beauty of humor; it’s not a science‚ it’s an art. There is no magical equation to making an audience or even a person laugh at every presented joke because each person has their own sense of humor. Today‚ we’ll be exploring the definition‚ synonyms and antonyms‚ how different types of humor are linked to our society and central aspects that make humor so
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Hellena and WiIllmore are very similar. But she exposes his double standards‚ as Wilmore cries “Thy lodging‚ thy lodging! Or I’m a dead man!” Hellena replies “why must we be either guilty of fornication or murder if we converse with you men” Hellena’s wit makes Willmore seem ridiculous here. She mocks the familiar libertine motif that the man will die if he is not sexually relieved and exposes Wilmore’s discourse of love‚ simply as crude sexual appetite. Later she exposes the double standard within Wilmore’s
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Muslims cry for a glorious and peaceful Kashmiri. The author wants all Kashmiri to change from ugliness to beauty. The cameos have layers of meanings. They abound in ambiguity‚ pun‚ and allusions to historical and political happenings‚ satire‚ irony‚ wit and black humour. The author hasn’t spared even Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sheikh Abdullah‚ Farooq Abdullah‚ Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is critical of Nehru’s policy on Kashmiri and Gandhi’s ‘ray of hope’ that he saw in Kashmiri in 1947. The author talks
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Mississippi to escape slavery‚ and an abusive drunken father. In the novel Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi to be free from slavery‚ and an abusive drunken father. They encounter many problems along the journey and Huck and Jim have to use their wits to get out of it. Huck has to tell a lot of lies along the way to get throught the journey but Huck and jim form a very strong bond and huck learns a lot on their “Journey To Freedom” For Jim‚ becoming free
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Ulysses is based on Odysseus in that Ulysses is also a shrewd‚ and often arrogant‚ leader who changes throughout the story. Because Odysseus is a clever person‚ he often formulates plans in order to escape danger and keep his crew from harm. However‚ his wit also causes him to be arrogant. For example‚
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Mercutio encouraging his friend in accepting a duel. Despite his joking side‚ Mercutio still recognises when there is someone in need‚ and rushes to help. In lines sixty-six to sixty-nine‚ he remarks: “if our wits run the wild-goose chase‚ I am done; for thou hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than‚ I am sure‚ I have in my whole five.” (Shakespeare) While this comment makes fun of Romeo and references his ditching them the night before‚ it also complements him in a guy way that girls will never
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from a handsaw.” The King and Queen sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy and Hamlet‚ so when they try to talk and deceive Hamlet‚ Hamlet tells them that he can still recognize who are his friends and enemies even though he is mad. Through Hamlet’s wit‚ the reader can clearly see that Hamlet is not mad here‚ but in the next act‚ his madness changes from fiction to fact. In act I‚ Horatio‚ Marcellus‚ and Hamlet Jr. see the ghost of Hamlet Sr.‚ but in act III‚ Scene IV‚ Hamlet sees the ghost of his
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they hoped that he could have been there a little more with them. 3. What techniques does Twain use to create satire in the description you selected? Provide supporting evidence from the text. To make his satire description Twain uses irony and wit. He uses the word flock to describe the family to incorporate a little of humor then continues by saying that they got up in their body to prolonged the humor. Part B: Create Your Own Satire For this part of the assignment‚ you will appropriate Twain’s
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the whip ’ 1:4:104) and yet Lear’s relationship with his fool is one of friendship and dependency. The Fool acts as a commentator on events and is one of the characters (Kent being the other) who is fearless in speaking the truth. The Fool provides wit in this bleak play and unlike some of Shakespeare’s clowns who seem unfunny to us today because their topical jokes no longer make sense‚ the Fool in King Lear ridicules Lear’s actions and situation in such a way that audiences understand the point
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The overall message of Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ is that when uncontrolled hysteria is combined with ignorance‚ the outcome is tragic. While Miller offers his audience some comic dialogue to soften the events it does not mask the horrifying reality of the witch hunt and its aftermath. Rather‚ the humorous insights serve to reveal the simplicity and innocence of people living rustic lives in a God-fearing community. Several characters‚ Paris and Hale‚ Mary Warren and John Proctor‚ provide
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