Humour College Essays Samples For Students

Mr Bean has been a popular comedic character for a number of decades now and has succeeded in making millions of people laugh. The fundamental reason behind Mr Bean’s humour is that he is a child in a man’s body and consistently fails to get it right under a number of social situations. In this clip, we see Mr Bean attending a wedding: a solemn and traditional affair during which Mr Bean attempts to fit in and celebrate with the happy couple, but manages to get it entirely wrong. The actor who plays Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, is known for his physical brand of ...

In organisations, morale is an important facet of productivity and overall office attitudes; if people are happy, they work harder, and more gets done as a result. The application of fun in a workplace environment may be an effective way to increase morale, as it leavens the tension and anxiety that comes across in such a high-stress environment as a workplace. In this essay, the positive effects, as well as potential pitfalls, of adding fun and humour to the workplace will be detailed. Despite the factors that can diminish productivity and the effectiveness of humour initiatives, the end result can be overall positive.

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The article ‘The Impact of Violent Humour on Advertising Success: A Gender Perspective’ written by Kunal Swani, Marc Weinberger and Charles Gulas is a research article based on advertising. I found the article while searching for media related content and found it intriguing to write an analysis about it. The article is based on the content of advertising, which uses different techniques to attract the audience. Recently humour is mixed with violence to gain the attention of an audience and studies have been carried out to find out its effects on both genders. It is a research article, which also ...

Audience:

Lang is very particular with the different definitions that he has given of different characteristics. His writing seems to have humour and yet shows the reality. Certainly people other than just students and teachers would be interested to read his write up. The characteristics are tactics that can be played anywhere and in any office.

Purpose:

I believe it was written to make us have a better understanding of things that happen around us in office and yet we at times do not get the hunch of it.

Voice and Tone:

His tone of humour and yet the seriousness of the topic is what ...

Interpersonal Communication: self-reflection.

I consider myself to be a highly proficient communicator because I find it easy to talk to people; I don’t struggle to talk to strangers and I’m generally well-liked by my peers. I take this to mean that it’s because I can clearly communicate my ideas and opinions without being confrontational and misconstrued. I feel that this is an important life skill because it is so easy to irritate people by accident and it makes life infinitely easier if you can endear people to you. I am not a naturally confident person but I find I can confidently ...

Zachery Sniderman’s article, How to: Recover from a Social Media PR Disaster, makes for interesting and entertaining reading. He covers the varying types of mistakes that can be made on social media, along with possible ways of dealing with such mistakes. Overall, Sniderman covers the topic in suitable depth, but certain issues are skirted around.

Sniderman opens by enticing the reader into a situation to which most people can relate; almost everyone can remember a time when they have suddenly had the sinking realisation that they have made a bad mistake. The author then goes on to discuss such mistakes in the ...

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays is the playful and magical A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A play with fairies, young lovers and plenty of humour (largely at Bottom’s expense); this is one of Shakespeare’s most loved stories because of its clever, complicated plot and its entertaining characters. The audience are introduced to the play’s characters: the most important of those being the four young lovers who have a complicated love triangle. Equally as important are the fairies that, arguably, represent the changeable nature of love through Oberon and Titania’s (the fairy king and ...

Television can be regarded as the mirror image of the real world. It must be agreed that it captivates a broad range of audiences starting from the pre-schoolers to the retired old age individuals. And in order to maintain that fascination throughout it is required to keep on telecasting varieties of shows that will appeal the spectators of different levels. There are many popular shows that have been loved by the viewers and they were shown in television for many years.
For pre-schoolers, the shows are created in such a way that appears very colourful to attract the kids as ...

Introduction:

Probably one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Marcel Duchamp is famous for his vast quantity of works which remain some of the most sought after by collectors and museums alike. His style was intrinsically traditionalist in his beginnings and he rejected modernism very early in his career – he was known to have stated that he wanted to bring the visual aspect back to painting so that the end result pleases the eye. However he moved into Cubism and Dadaism in later years and changed his outlook to a more rigid and intense form of painting.

Influence of modernism

In ...

Use of satire to validate the story

Use of satire to validate the story

Introduction

Some stories seem to fictional but there is a deeper understanding and reflection of reality in those, represented through various characters and plots. ‘Moscow to the End of the Line’ is a similar pseudo-autobiographical prose poem written by Venedikt Erofeev which tells the story of an alcoholic cable-fitter who just got fired from his job. It is a hilarious story; the reader is kept entertained from the beginning till the end due to the ‘drunken’ narrator and his jokes. But it is in fact, a reflection of the social and political scenario in Soviet Union during ...

Research Plan

Research Question
The research question to be answered in the research project is how language is used in the construction of workplace culture.

Research Site

The research site where the collection of data will be performed is The Brumbies. This is a local company that has operations running over a decade. It specializes in the production, processing and sale of horticultural products.

Ethical Issues

There is a desire to acquire in-depth information to answer the research question satisfactorily. The use of covert research enables the researcher to collect this information uninhibited by the distrust of the subjects and the partial disclosure of information. ...

This paper discusses an episode (particularly episode 1 of season1) of the British TV series Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is a period drama show which is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate and follows the aristocratic lives of the residents living at Downton Abbey. Till date there are 5 seasons released in the UK each having 7 to 8 episodes. Each season can be viewed as a mini drama series.
Structurally the series is quite similar to that of a drama presented in the theatre. There is a script (referred to as a screenplay as it is viewed on a TV screen) which ...

The Hong Kong martial arts films have evolved over time in terms of theme, plot and style. While some transformations in terms of themes have occurred in response to historical events pitying China and other countries across the globe, other transformations have occurred as a result of development technology. There have been significant changes in the style, colour, and music among other film settings. This essay looks into the generic characteristics and historical evolution of Hong Kong martial arts, action, and/or gangster/crime-thriller films in terms of theme, plot, and style. Three movies used as illustrations for this discussion include: Enter ...

On my opinion, the best definition of the gender performance is the manner in which somebody reacts or implements its intended purpose. Males and females within society are expected to have certain gender role. Women are expected to be caregivers, motherly, thoughtful, loving and tender. Males must show less emotions than women do and be strong, confident and sturdy. These are, I suppose, traditional gender roles in our society. So, gender is a socially constructed idea and people generally follow it.
In the film Frozen we can see pure examples of real male and female characters. Anna is a positive female ...

The Review of the Melancholy Play

Recently, I experienced a humorous play by Sarah Ruhl namely Melancholy Play. The set was played in Erie, PA with cast member culturally-oriented attires. The play represents societal perceptions and outlooks along the line of personal identification. The inner-being of the actors is outwardly reflected trough emotions, which introduces societal-labelling and understanding of one’s behaviour. The Melancholy play is a creation of two major parts with fourteen break-up scenes. The play revolves around presenting the humorous inner-emotions of actors, which dictates their behaviour. The paper reviews the play in relation to character presentation, style and overall communication to the audience.
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The government of Canada policies such as family sponsorship, economic advantages, political alienation, educational opportunities, and a belief that there was a guaranteed freedom of faith and expression in Canada attracted the Muslim society to the country. Muslims are represented as educated and having professional skills. The objective of the film is to understand the Canadian Muslim cultural attitudes to the democratic values that matter to the native citizens of Canada. The focus is to test certain perspectives about how Muslim values and attitudes relate to the western culture. These perspectives include; systematic alienation from the United States based on conflicts ...

"Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York".

Richard III is an important play in the Shakespeare canon since it depicts the dangers of hubris and nemesis by leaders who are crazed with power. My reading and interpretation of the play is focused on the American Presidency which will feature a particular President as Richard III who will do his utmost to usurp power and will use every single method in the book to get to his goal. It is an interpretation based on the utter ruthlessness of a dictator who brooks no qualms about destroying the social order of the country to achieve his own selfish gain.
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English Literature

The play, The Importance of Being Earnest is amongst the most famous in the world of literature. It tells the tale of two young men, both of whom adopt of the moniker ‘Ernest’, in the pursuit of two young women. It is the original farcical tale which sees the two young men become ever-more embroiled in the lies and tales that they’ve spun. The play is heavy in themes which help to further the comical circumstances within which the plot unfolds. These themes include the satire of society and triviality within Victorian society.

Wilde is well known for ...

English Literature

The play, The Importance of Being Earnest is amongst the most famous in the world of literature. It tells the tale of two young men, both of whom adopt of the moniker ‘Ernest’, in the pursuit of two young women. It is the original farcical tale which sees the two young men become ever-more embroiled in the lies and tales that they’ve spun. The play is heavy in themes which help to further the comical circumstances within which the plot unfolds. These themes include the satire of society and triviality within Victorian society.

Wilde is well known for ...

ABSTRACT

This paper gives an overview of three visual communication approaches and how they tend to communicate and transmits a message on a single problem, which is HIV/AIDS awareness. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part shows how each visual communication approach communicate and transmit messages on this particular issue. In this part the diagrammatic representation are provided. The second part of the paper deals with the overall reflection on how these three approaches work and which of the three is more effective. The approaches include Symbols and signs, Charts and graphs and Cartoons and illustrations.

INTRODUCTION

People experience the ...