...Lost reveal a notion of the jest as a commodity to be defined by its exchange: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.* From the sixteenth century, when the term "jest" was first used to designate all manner of laughable...

...Shakespeare realized this when he said, in Love's Labour's Lost (Act V, Scene 2) : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. The social value of these expressions of our more elementary nature, which contribute to the well-being...

...from each play to help you get the flavor of these two early comedies. Laugh-In A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. — Love's Labor's Lost Shakespeare's humor takes three primary forms: word play, running jokes, and...

......". Also, THAT was used to denote WHO (as in the epitaph) in Elizabethan days: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Love 'a Labours Lost Act V, sc. 2 Y served the following purposes in the epitaph: 1. r, TE, and T-Es...

...influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamors of their own dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue...

...of its hearers. Similarly, as Rosaline says to Berowne in Love's Labor's Last, "A jest's prosperity lies in the ear / Of him that hears it, never in the tongue / Of him that makes it" (5.2.857-59). If the success of a jest depends largely upon audience ratification, then an orator or...

...circumstances which are not to the purpose." Does the Audience Share Tour Great Wit? A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost. 5, 2 Humor can be a powerful communication device. What about ethnic...

...quotes Shakespeare to illustrate the dynamic between told, teller, and listener: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. (Love's Labor's Lost, V.ii.861)25 Interpreting jokes tells us much about reading a play's performance...

...influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools.' ' A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.' Thus, in his most joyous comedy, Shakespeare indicates his genuine relation to that glittering holiday...

...influence is begot ofthat loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools: A jest's prosperity wards: But all in vain; they had no heart to fight, And we, in them, no hope to win the sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their own dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue...