Today’s speech is about humor‚ laughter and comedy. This is not an informative speech on a boring subject that we have already heard of. The purpose of my speech is to to bring some light and share a theory that has proven it self true. Everybody finds men funny‚ especially me. My humor attracts the ladies i tell you. But there is a simple reason for it. This is only because women are not funny. I mean not as funny as men. Now don’t get mad ladies‚ because i don’t want to offend anyone‚ but this
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focal point in his works‚ including La vita nuova(The New Life) and La divina commedia(The Divine Comedy). Dante’s education remains an unknown‚ however his writing skill and knowledge make it evident that he was well schooled. It is thought that he attended Florentine schools but also continued learning on his own. He seemed to be influenced greatly by Brunetto Latini‚ who has a large part in The Divine Comedy. His early writings attracted the attention of Guido Cavalcanti‚ a popular Italian poet
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In order for a comedy to be considered a classic comedy‚ it has to have specific qualities. The film must be timeless so it will be easily understood after many years‚ contain a universal plot relatable to the viewer and must utilize superstantial levels of humor. Young Frankenstein‚ directed by Mel Brooks‚ is crafted in such a way it encapsulates all of these qualities. In the film Young Frankenstein‚ the qualities of timelessness‚ a universal plot and humor can be found in memorable scenes‚ witty
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it is a spiritual quest for salvation. 2. A canto is a chapter. 3. The Divine Comedy contains 100 cantos because 100 is the square of ten which in reference to the Middle Ages was the perfect number. 4. Tercets are three-line stanzas in the rhyme scheme called terza rima. In terza rima the middle line of the first tercet rhymed with the first and last of the second. 5. The number three is important in the Divine Comedy because of its connection with Holy Trinity; Father‚ Son‚ and the Holy Spirit
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I think that humour really is the best medicine. If someone is really upset or really angry a joke could cheer him or her right up. Also laughter could really release someone’s stress‚ and if people were a lot less stressful then the world would be a much better place. Although humour usually cheers people up it also has caused many problems. There is a lot of sick humour out there like sexist and racial jokes. Many people in our world make many racial jokes and that causes people to get very
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clear-cut comedies and tragedies‚ while others are more ambiguous. The Merchant of Venice is a play that falls under the latter type‚ and it has been hotly contested whether this literary work should be classified a comedy or a tragedy. However‚ since the majority of the characters received a happy ending‚ the abundance of comic relief scenes and characters‚ and lightheartedness of the plot relative to other Shakespearean works leads me to conclude that The Merchant of Venice is indeed a comedy.
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(374890M) | 2/6/2013 | | Dante ’s Satan and the Medieval thought When reading the Divine Comedy‚ one realizes that the Middle Ages‚ as far as they may be‚ they preserve a reality so close to us that one remains amazed. The question that arises naturally is whether it is Dante‚ that looks forward and is therefore able to make us conscious of our past and consequently relate the Comedy to a present state‚ or whether it is the context‚ the popular culture that revolved around the late
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Dante’s Blazing Impact Dante’s epic poem‚ The Divine Comedy‚ has been credited by many as the most outstanding work of poetry written in a vernacular language‚ and perhaps the most famous and influential part is the first—Inferno‚ which depicts Hell. Originally written in Italian‚ this piece describes Dante’s journey through all the circles of Hell as he is guided by Virgil. Although he witnesses many grotesque punishments‚ he continues to be fascinated with two things—why sinners are placed into
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Nic Parmer Mr. Wiygul British Literature 9-27-15 Inferno Written by Dante Alighieri‚ Inferno is one of the three works that make up The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy documents Dante’s travels through Hell (in Inferno)‚ Purgatory (in Purgatorio)‚ and Heaven (in Paradiso). The Divine Comedy helped to establish the roots of what is now the Italian language‚ as Dante wrote in the Italian vernacular instead of Latin‚ making his work more accessible to the lower‚ uneducated classes and establishing
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Dante’s Inferno Theme Analysis (notes to help you with your understanding and – more importantly – your project) The Divine Comedy was written as a physical (scientific)‚ political‚ and spiritual guidebook for Dante’s 14th world. Dante is careful in his identification of the stars and astrological signs which determine and support his reasons for placing Hell below Jerusalem. Based on the limited understanding of geography at the time‚ readers would have believed the physical placement of these
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