British Humor
Essay by cizilu • June 13, 2015 • Essay • 327 Words (2 Pages) • 1,921 Views
Humuor is a phenomenon which is influenced by culture It can be difficult to determine what aspects a certain sense of humor .The British are very proud of their sense of humor.. Humour is such an important part of British life that it has even pervaded their very language, but many non-British speakers find it hard to understand.
The British appear to be a deeply serious people, which, by and large, they are .This gives an added piquancy to British sense of humor. British humor. Like the will-o-the wisp, refuses to be caught and examined and just when you think you have cracked it, you realize that you have been aped once again. What’s more British people are able to laugh at almost anything, including themselves. For example, the British spell the word "humour" h-u-m-o-u-r. Why the extra "u"? Because it's ironic and you're and idiot 'K. Comedy is so important in Britain that even the head of state (the Queen) and every member of the government is a joke .And the subject could be anything. Often its things those are not worthy.
There are many different kinds of humour, and often culture and tradition plays a big part in how funny you may find something, or not. Obviously in literature, Shakespeare, one of the beauties of Shakespeare is the wit and wonderful use of language and genuinely funny. It’s a wonderful thing time that we can still laugh over these things. For example, in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice”, a new doctor disguised by Portia came to tackle the matter. Antonio’s friend, Bassanio was very thankful to the doctor, so he wanted to send him a present to show thankful. The doctor chose the ring in Bassanio’s finger. After some thoughts, Bassanio gave her the ring, but he broken the promise between him and his wife. This humour can be called Mistaken identity, we can imagine that when Bassanio comes back home how serious he will be punished.
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