There comes a time in every readers life when they must face a dire contradiction between their choice of novels. Sometimes, it really isn't up to them, for the choice is taken and they are required to consume the contents of two different subjects at the same times. Especially if they are college students. But are they completely different? On the surface, the tales woven long ago in British Literature compared to the modernization of Humor and its function in today's literature show no connection whatsoever. However, as a poem leads to enlightenment, or a joke leads to a laugh, so does the first lead to the second. By using the worlds past and our history documented in such works of art by Shakespeare or Wordsworth, we can better know where we have come. And by doing so, we can better know how to face our future. The death and tragedies written about through novels and poems of British Literature have been taken from one culture and transformed to suit the rough times we face today. Instead of a depressing ballad, we can learn to laugh and survive through bad experiences with a brighter outlook on life.
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