The play A Pound on Demand by Sean O'Casey has many elements of humour in it. The first of such is the title itself. It is a play on words because it has the word "pound" in it, and the play concerns the demand for the pound. It also has the element of brevity to it, because the word "demand" contaiRead more
The play A Pound on Demand by Sean O’Casey has many elements of humour in it. The first of such is the title itself. It is a play on words because it has the word “pound” in it, and the play concerns the demand for the pound. It also has the element of brevity to it, because the word “demand” contains the word “dem” in it, which is a shortening of the word “demand”.
Another element of humour is found in the title of one of the characters in the play, Miss Neary. When pronouncing the word “near” we use the letters “ear”, which is part of the word “near”, and when the word “ear” is pronounced it
The girl at the post office would not let them take out their pound as Sammy, the drunk, was not in the right state of mind to sign the form. The story is about two drunks, Sammy and Jerry, who wanted to get one more pound to spend at the pub. Jerry had to make sure that Sammy was able to sign the fRead more
The girl at the post office would not let them take out their pound as Sammy, the drunk, was not in the right state of mind to sign the form. The story is about two drunks, Sammy and Jerry, who wanted to get one more pound to spend at the pub. Jerry had to make sure that Sammy was able to sign the form so they could get the money. Along with being drunk, they were greedy.
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