Laughter: The Gateway to the Future
Rabelais presents laughter through its historical progression and its everlasting affect on the people living in the Middle Ages. Laughter, which once represented evil and the devil, now was transformed into a means of fighting evil and the devil. Even more importantly, after its universal acceptance, laughter provided a bridge between the social gaps of society. During the debauched and decadent feasts and carnivals, parodies that linked religious saints with sexual connotations, became beacons of these events. There was no exception for anything during these events, social classes or esteemed figures, which were what united everyone. “Laughter celebrates its masses…” – (p.88) The most significant affect laughter had and still has on society, is the freedom it instills in everyone. Laughter freed people from the fear of the unknown and allowed them to experience what was prohibited. For the first time in history mockery of such fe
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Approximate Word count = 630
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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