How funny the idea that a school might offer courses in Elementary Virtue, Intermediate Virtue, or Advanced Virtue. ... Dewey explains that the child truly learns this moral sense, as evidenced in his behavior and interactions with others, by being trained in all areas that elicit interaction and testing or carrying out ideas (Stuhr 326). ...
When Blacky's friends test him with racial comments towards Dumby Red, Gary stands strong in his friendship, as he knows and sees values in people who are different. His friendship with Dumby helps him gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the Aborigines, and from then on Gary finds the racial jokes from the front bar "not so funny any more". ...
The show's use of suffixes far exceeds that of the prefixes, however, producing even funnier word combinations. ... And although slayer slang isn't the legal tender of standard American English, it is cultural currency: some who hear it wrinkle their brows, test the paper, and hold the watermarks up to the light; in the end, they are forced to accept it as a way at least some of us talk now-(p11). ...
In The Importance of Being Earnest, however, this is not always the case, as gender role reversal is a common theme throughout the play, which naturally leads to comedy, as during the Victorian Era in the Aristocratic part of society, gender roles were very firmly set, so when this is reversed an audience would find it funny as it is completely out of social norms. ... This gives Lady Bracknell the upper hand as many mothers of this time would be ordinarily not be as involved in their daughter's marriage, but this way she gets to personally test whether Jack is a worthy suitor for Gwendol...
