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This is a 5 page paper discussing two works of comedy which manage to overcome the obstacle of death. In David Ives’ “All in the Timing” and Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” both considered dark comedies, several elements are used in order for the obstacles of death to be overcome. In “All in the Timing” which contains six one act plays, Ives frames the last 36 hours of Trotsky’s death by the one act play proceeding it “The Universal Language” and the one act play which follows it “Philadelphia” which both included elements of the ridiculous while the Trotsky play itself manages to overcome its dark content by Trotsky’s fear of ice picks all the while having a mountaineer’s axe wedged in his head. In “Catch-22” Joseph Heller frames the life of his central character, Yossarian convinced that others are trying to kill him in the war and has a constant fear of death, with the deaths of others and the unusual reactions to these deaths. Yossarian himself manages to overcome death by successfully employing many tactics in order to do so. Ironically however as Yossarian manages to overcome death, he is more riddled by the death of others around him. As in the plays of Ives in which death is “talked around” the vision of Trotsky, a similar scene occurs in “Catch-22” in the death of Mudd who dies not long after he arrives and is therefore dumped in his tent and ignored. Each death scene in “Catch-22” however contains unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact.
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order for the obstacles of death to be overcome. In "All in the Timing" which contains six one act plays, Ives frames the last 36 hours of Trotskys death by
the one act play proceeding it "The Universal Language" and the one act play which follows it "Philadelphia" which both included elements of the ridiculous while the Trotsky play itself
manages to overcome its dark content by Trotskys fear of ice picks all the while having a mountaineers axe wedged in his head. In "Catch-22" Joseph Heller frames the life
of his central character, Yossarian convinced that others are trying to kill him in the war and has a constant fear of death, with the deaths of others and the
unusual reactions to these deaths. Yossarian himself manages to overcome death by successfully employing many tactics in order to do so. Ironically however as Yossarian manages to overcome death, he
is more riddled by the death of others around him. As in the plays of Ives in which death is "talked around" the vision of Trotsky, a similar scene occurs
in "Catch-22" in the death of Mudd who dies not long after he arrives and is therefore dumped in his tent and ignored. Each death scene in "Catch-22" however contains
unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact. David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which tell the
story of different situations all with a comical and satirical twist. Although the play is comprised of six one act plays, the plays are mixed depending on the director and
occasionally interchanged with other plays or presented with only five of the six acts depending upon the production. Regardless of the format of the presentation, all the one act plays
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