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William Shakespeare's Othello and Its Pleasurable Aspects

actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...

A Review of The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

news item which it is likely that the vast majority of those in the audience will recognize. For example, recent news stories of c...

Workplace and Humor

Humor can be used in the workplace as a management tool but it must be used judiciously (Farrell, 1998; Yarwood, 1995). It must be...

Act One of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Development of the Protagonist's Character

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

Ted Bundy Case Study

ultimately leads to adulthood crimes is irrefutable. Senator Ed Perlmutter, who sponsored a bill to stiffen the punishment ...

Eurocentric Global Perspectives of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...

Therapeutic Uses of Laughter and Humor

that this may not be far from the truth (Provine, 2000). There are clearly two parts to the view of laughter as a therapeutic t...

Purpose Served by Humor

the author describes as being broken down into eleven categories which are anecdotal, satire, sarcasm, invective, sardonic, irony,...

American Humor

after prime time players. What is really going on in this brand of humor? American humor has not always centered around political...

Slapstick Masters Woody Allen and Charles Chaplin

machine. The idea is that this feeding machine will cut down on the time needed for lunch breaks and, thereby, make the factory mo...

Richard II and Richard III by William Shakespeare

the latest fashions, spending money on his friends, and also pursuing wars against Ireland and elsewhere that his realm cannot af...

Comparison of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

are not primarily about war. The love element is significantly greater. In exploring Virgils Aeneid, it is perhaps the metamorpho...

The Antiwar Stances of Red Badge of Courage and Editha

A five page essay that compares and contrasts the works by Stephen Crane and William Dean Howells. The antiwar stances of these a...

Political Commentary and Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates

In ten pages this text's content is summarized and analyzed in terms of its humor and very serious political message in an era of ...

Society and Humor

Twains Letters From the Earth or John Irvings The World According to Garp. While authors have used humor to convey various points,...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

An Analysis of Verdecchia's Play, Fronteras Americanas

This paper analyzes Guillermo Verdecchia's play, Fronteras Americanas. The author focuses on the immigrant experience and Verdecc...

Aristophanes and Using Comedy as Commentary in The Clouds and Lysistrata

In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...

'Murder in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe and Satirical Humor

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

Performance Art and Humor

according to one of the creators, Blue Mans "role" was to "challenge the audience to accept that art isnt necessarily elitist, hum...

Uses of Humor in The Crying Lot of 49 by Thomas Pynchon and White Noise by Don DeLillo

In thirteen pages this paper examines how American culture, specifically, the American Dream, is critiqued using humor in each of ...

Amy Tan and Tennessee Williams on Mother and Daughter Relationships

the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...

Faith and Humor

In eight pages this paper examines the use of humor in religion and faith in a consideration of Jesus, Isaac, and faith supporters...

Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Ernest Becker's Escape from Evil

In five pages this report examines Becker's 1975 novel with Wertmuller's 1976 film in a comparative analysis of the dark humor and...

Everything Julius Caesar

In nine pages which also includes an outline of one page this essay describes the Forums of ancient Rome and then offers a critica...

Poetic Form of William Wordsworth

In five pages this essay examines William Wordsworth's poetic substance and form as represented by the poem 'The World is Too Much...

Analysis of the Comedy Genre

In five pages this paper analyzes the comedy genre in terms of the social and personal importance of humor and what exactly makes ...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

Reverent Hightower in Light in August by William Faulkner

also clear that he has suffered at the hands of the townspeople. Mostly, Hightower wants to be left alone and suffer in his emotio...

Caribbean Poetry and Humor

In six pages this paper analyzes some examples of irony and humor found in Caribbean poetry. Three sources are cited in the bibli...