Theme: to laugh or not to laugh

Theme: to laugh or not to laugh

 The notion of whether to laugh or not or not always challenges many

There are always two cases

To laugh with or laugh at somebody

Sometimes there is a deep confusion of the two cases

Somebody might perceive the two differently

Thus, one should be careful when choosing when to laugh

Varied emotions are sparked

To laugh at someone

Is an expression of ominous nature?

It tends to invoke feelings of humiliation and dishonour

To laugh with someone is an indication of understanding and happiness

To laugh is the choice of the beholder

And it is like a plague, hard to control

But controllable when given a second thought

Does the way we laugh determine our true nature?

As to choose is to know one true nature.

Laughter can create, haunt or destroy

It is rather confusing

Whether to laugh or not

While the cognitive awareness pushes both direction

To understand when to laugh

We should understand feelings

As they are linked to pain and happiness

And both determine human reactions

Thesis

The notion of whether to laugh or not or not always challenges many

This thesis describes the dilemma that people face when choosing to laugh at or with someone. This is based on the fact that laughter have the tendency of invoking varied feeling and it is sometimes hard to draw the line.  Laughter has been known to destroy friendship and there is the need to understand the moral scope of laughter.

Connotations

‘Haunt’ – haunt means scare. Though it is an exaggeration on the theme of laughter, sometimes laughter can haunt people who are laughed at based on their cognitive abilities.

“Plague” is a devastating human pandemic. A laugher is compared to a plague as both are difficult to control.

Device: simile

A simile is device that compares two elements.  It is objective is to extended the theme of the soliloquy to make it more cultivating to the audience. In this regard, the audience is able to connect more with the narrator by have a clear notion of the direction of the Soliloquy. In the Soliloquy, an example of a simile is “And it is like a plague, hard to control”. In this regard, a laughter is compared to a plague, which is hard to control and contain. Notably, sometime it is a hard to control a laughter whether you are laughing with or at someone.

Rhetoric question

Does the way we laugh determine our true nature?

This a rhetoric question that seeks to extend the theme of the soliloquy by capturing the mind of the audience. It makes the audience to think deeper on the objective of the theme of the Soliloquy.

Images

“While the cognitive awareness pushes both direction”

This is as it presents cognitive awareness as a physical device that is pushing in in both direction. It is figurative language that shows how laughter affects the cognitive awareness and response of an individual.