Essays Tagged: "puns"
Hamlet. Inner Turmoil
Inner TurmoilWithin the play Hamlet there exists many puns and phrases which have a double meaning. Little ploys on words which tend to add a bit of enter ... honesty pure from the corrupting air.Hamlet seems to be the character who uses the majority of such puns and phrases in the play. These phrases which have double meaning could represent the inner turm ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Nathaniel Hawthorne: "The Minister's Black Veil" A Study of Puns and Biblical References
ious critics can have blindspots" (Fiction 21:41). More significantly, Hawthorne's employment of puns andbiblical references, throughout the story, overshadows othermyths the "The Minister's ... ngs to life. Anameliorate understanding of the veil comes to life only after onestudies these puns and biblical references more scrupulously.Hawthorne consistently uses puns and the contiguit ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet as an Adaptation of Shakespeare's Text.
ld. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a masterpiece exploding with verbal genius: double entendres, puns, rhyme schemes, and complete sonnets within the text. Shakespeare took the story of the ancient ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Mercutio.
ing character. He has a sharp wit which he uses in the jokes that he makes. He is constantly making puns in his lines in the play and a lot of the time he is teasing or making a mockery of someone. Me ... ong, and influential throughout his role the play. Even at the point of his death he is still using puns and using humorous language. A lot of the time when he is mocking someone it is Tybalt of the C ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Confusion in Romeo and Juliet
han their surface value. This is done by using confusion, most notably in the form of oxymorons and puns.Confusion is Shakespeare's primary asset when creating the irony within his story. He accomplis ... when creating the irony within his story. He accomplishes this primarily by utilizing oxymorons and puns. This asset is first shown in an argument between servants of the houses of Montague and Capule ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet
Essay on "the importance of being earnest", by Oscar Wilde
he name Earnest. This book shows many examples of social satire and irony through ways of humor, by puns. Marriage, satirized throughout the play, is just one example of they way Wilde conveys his hum ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Emily Dickinson
rameter or trimeter; and ABCB rhyme scheme; a careful dispersion of dashes; and slant rhyme. Random puns, riddles, and imagery also garnish the infamously basic form of Dickinson's poems. Throughout h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
The Tempest: An Analysis of Antonio
Gonzalo. He suggests a bet over which of Gonzalo or Adrian will laugh first, as well as many other puns targeted toward Gonzalo. In this scene, Antonio clearly becomes the antagonist of the story and ... . In the first half of the scene, he and Sebastian team up against Gonzalo. They make many humorous puns and word plays. As the scene approaches midpoint however, Antonio becomes serious and talks abo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Shakespeare's twelfth night
nd the not to judge based solely on appearance; however, the humor is not blunt, but brought out by puns and subtitles and is meant not to take away from the greater themes and morals of the play. Sha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Julius Ceasar
conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts during his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler describes himself as a "mender of bad soles." The ghost of Jul ... conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts during his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler describes himself as a "mender of bad soles." The ghost of Jul ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Social Commentary - "The Great Gatsby" (F. Scott Fitzgerald), "American Beauty", "Betty Bowers"
Bowers" criticizes modern day celebrities and the Catholic Church through the use of exaggeration, puns, language and tone. The movie American Beauty is a strong criticism on the family structure and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare: Explain how omens, dreams and supernatural events feature in the play, Julius Caesar. What do they contribute to the play?
ictory of Caesar over Pompey. The common cobbler appears to out-smart and out-wit the tribunes with puns, "a mender of bad soles", creating an upside-down world that is conveyed to the audience. This ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Use Of Literary Devices In Julius Caesar
lect upon a character or characters. A second literary device used in the play is the use of puns. A pun is another element noted early on in Julius Caesar. When Marullus addresses the Cobbler, ... the word "soles." Marullus interprets the Cobbler as a mender of "souls." The usage of puns adds some light humor to the play as well as reflecting on the characters of the play. This als ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Comparative Essay - Anthony Vs. Goodkind
ar in their styles. Anthony is humorous, favouring jokes related to his other books, innuendos, and puns that all at once make the reader reflect and titter. The witty titles to his "Xanth" seri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Comparative Essay - Anthony Vs. Goodkind
ar in their styles. Anthony is humorous, favouring jokes related to his other books, innuendos, and puns that all at once make the reader reflect and titter. The witty titles to his "Xanth" seri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Development of Twelfth Night Act I
146;s elements of comedy and tragedy are constant, creating a story full of adventure, movement and puns. However, the prevalence of impulses and the somewhat distorted view of love found within the b ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Freudian Outlook on Hamlet
ther part of the id is the urge or lust for sexual pleasure. This can be seen with these two erotic puns Hamlet makes towards Ophelia: “Lady, shall I lie in your lap” (3.2 102). Also: “ ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Romeo and juliet plot summarie
n Verona, two young servants of Capulet, Sampson and Gregory are joking around with each other with puns and friendly teasing. Suddenly they are confronted by Abraham and Balthasar, two servants of Mo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet 17
then asks Hamlet "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?" [Act I, Scene II, L. 68] and Hamlet puns in response once again, saying "Not so my lord; I am too much in the sun." [Act I, Scene II, L. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Shakespeare
t on the reader's part; sometimes it comes from the simple trouble of understanding the plethora of puns and illusions and strange syntax. Watching the play, as well as reading it, can significantly h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare