Humour in "The Visit" by Henrik Ibsen

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The majority of the humour in The Visit is based on black humour. Black humour is more of an obscure form of humour. Black humour is basically writing that places grotesque elements side by side with funny ones in an attempt to shock the reader forcing him or her to laugh at the horrifying reality of a disordered world.                  The first bit of comedy in this act occurs with Claire and Boby the butler. Claire --> "Boby, pass me my left leg. Butler --> "I can't find it, Madam." Claire --> "On the chest of drawers behind the wedding flowers." This is a perfect example of black humour. This is sure ...

... proposition and outright reject it it seems they all expect someone to kill Ill anyways. All the townspeople seem to have bought new shoes, all on account and many of them are now coming to Ill's shop and buying things on credit. None of them have jobs and so must be expecting the money from Claire. When Man One, Hoffbauer comes in and buys more expensive cigaretts Ill puts no thought to it and I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. However, when the two women and man two come in and they too are wearing new shoes and buy more expensive things than normal Ill notices something is up and this irony ends

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