The Comedy ClubThe Comedy Club was a presentation by Steve Kent in which it dealt with comedy as a mean of medicine. He called it the medicine of the soul. Researches suggest that comedy raises the immune's level of T cells. This in its self is a scientific phenomenon in which research is being gat...

comedyA world without comedy would be similar to a butter knife, it's dull, useless, and achieves very little. The world would be littered with rude, arrogant, obnoxious people creating an anti-utopia. Comedy keep the world in motion, it allows people to shrug off rude comments, laugh at one anoth...

The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, is strictly an attempt at comedy. There are small traces of a theme of love, but the elements of comedy so overpower the elements of love that The Comedy of Errors is no more than brilliant Shakespearean humor. The plot of The Comedy of Errors is based...

Romantic Comedies Most women are hopeless romantics, it's just that some do a much better job at hiding it than others. I'm sure that everyone has known someone in their lifetime who complains constantly about their significant other and simply wishes to find the perfect guy/girl. But ...

The Importance of Being Earnest is funny, but is it a comedy? If so, what type of comedy? The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy, and this essay will show it through the definition of comedy, the definition of farce, and the different areas of comedy. To be considered a comedy, there ...

Comedy and tragedy in Antigone and Lysistrata Horace Warpole wrote "The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who think, a comedy to those who feel." This quote holds much truth behind its meaning. It can also be translated to mean that comedy evokes thought we...

How comedy has changed in film:-a comparison of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to Scary Movie 3 (2003)These two comedies have been very successful in there time. They have attracted innumerable crowds of fans and have pleased many with the absurdist comedy style. Even though there is 28 year...

The play written by William Shakespeare of Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy containing one main element that makes the play a comedy; it is the element of sex. This is a play that involves an elaborate chain of schemes, tricks, and deceit to achieve an ambiguous "true love" effect. The play is bas...

A Long Lasting Comedy In today's world we are all exposed to comedy. We see comedy in a variety of ways. These ways include: movies, plays, situational comedies on television, and stand up comedians. However, there is something very different about the typical comedy today compared to ...

Shakespeare. The very name conjures up imagery of the theater, drama, romance and the stage. He is arguably the most famous writer of comedic, tragic, and historical plays in all of history; with a playwright of this caliber one could rightfully say that he knew how to write a play that fit any clas...

One of my favorite comedy films is Dumb and Dumber. The movie is about a limo driver and his best friend, driving across the country to return a briefcase to a woman who had left it behind at the airport. And while driving along, run into and cause many outrageous mishaps. Many theories are pres...

The film O Brother Where Art Thou is a comedic adventure based on the Odyssey by Homer, to whom credit is given. The comedy in this film differs from many other movies. In films such as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back or any given Jim Carrey comedy the elements of comedy are very obvious and easily l...

Paving the way, comedy traditionally deals with the efforts of individuals to survive and create a new and better world - or at least one that is better than the reality the character find themselves in if only for a short period of time. In this way this genre seems to be a means of dealing with bo...

THE STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY William Shakespeare was one of the most famous playwrights in the history of theater. Ironically, in his day, his work was not considered literature, but entertainment. Many of the plays he wrote were comedies. The main purpose of the comedy is to ...

Ryan Zimmerman2/16/00Some may say that comedy is a philosophy of life, and that it is an always changing art form. People also say comedy can sometimes even be considered to be a personal expression of a person's world around them, a way to communicate thoughts and feelings in a very non-serious way...

Appearance vs. Reality: Disguise and deception in Merchant Of Venice, Twelfth Night and Keeping Up Appearances A recurrent theme in Shakespeare's plays is the idea that things are not always what they seem. This is one of the major themes of literature, a serious theme even in comedies. Twe...

A Review: Two Weeks Notice Two Weeks Notice is a romantic comedy, directed by Marc Lawrence, and stars Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. This movie captures the wit, charm, and sophistication of a classic Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some tremendously funny one-liners that the actors slip i...

Biography Book Report Adam Sandler "He's always been funny; he always woke up in a good mood. We knew he would be an entertainer", says Adam's Mom. Adam Sandler is a book by David Seidman about the life of comedian, actor, and solo artist, Adam Sandler. In this report I wi...

Problem of Genre in DramaWhen a reader thinks of a play that has been labeled a comedy he thinks of light-hearted and happy plots. The reader would not think of family tension, arguments or even perversion. The genre of comedy takes on the responsibility of making the audience laugh and walk away ...

Adam Sandler: The Funniest man Alive! Sandler's Achievements: With a risky brand of humor that has brought him legions of devoted fans, Sandler's success as an actor, stand-up comic, writer and producer is matched by his singing and songwriting skills. It's an outrageous gift for lyric and me...

Marie FleurimondTuesday, September 12, 2000Period 2 ShontyAP English Composition & LanguageWhat's So Funny...Catch 22?Comedy and tragedy have always been separated into separate categories. Certainly most tragedies have humorous moments, and even the craziest comedies were at times serious. Neverthe...

As Good As It Gets Essay Cultural Studies and Popular Art July 20, 2004 In this essay review of As Good As It Gets I will discuss the genre of the film, the form of the film (narrative), and narrative elements within the film. One way to categorize a film is to determine what genre it i...

In this essay review of As Good As It Gets I will discuss the genre of the film, the form of the film (narrative), and narrative elements within the film. One way to categorize a film is to determine what genre it is. Genres, by definition are various types of films that audiences and filmmakers...

A Show About NothingIn the artcle, "Is Seinfeld the Best Comedy Ever?", author Jay McInerney agrees with Seinfeld the best comedy on television. Seinfeld is a real life show. The behaviors of Jerry, Kramer, George and Elaine, the failed communication, and the everyday embassassment represent "noth...

In the Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare creates humour in at least three different ways. First, with the amusing induction which makes the audience laugh and anticipate more comedy. Second, the Taming of the Shrew is a comedy of characters where false realities are everywhere. Finally, it is also a c...