Analysis Of Saki s The Unrest Cure - 1701 Words

This year in Funny Pages, I have learned a considerable amount about the art of Comedy. Some of the stories we read were such classics as: Twelfth Night, The Lull, Handful of Dust, and the Unrest Cure. Each of these stories are brilliant and amusing in its own ways. These stories also have a likeness in the types of humor practiced. There are several elements that seem to be repeated throughout such as: satire, characters that represent the spirit of comedy or its enemy, and In Saki’s â€Å"The Unrest Cure†, we read about Mr. James P. Huddle and his extreme affection for habit. We are initially introduced to Mr. Huddle on a train heading home, having a conversation with his travelling companion about trivial and tiresome topics, such as flowers and measles. Huddle is bemoaning the perpetual rut that both he and his sibling seem to be all-too-comfortable existing in. After which his acquaintance suggests he try an â€Å"Unrest Cure†. Uninterested in both Mr. Huddle and his conversation up until this point is Mr. Clovis, intrigued by the prospect of an unrest cure decides to jot down the address of Mr. Huddle./The chaos begins to unravel with the telegram sent by Mr. Clovis to Mr. Huddle, announcing that a Bishop will be staying at the Huddle’s estate for a brief period. To make the situation more amusing, the telegraph states that the Bishop is, â€Å"unable stay rectory on account measles invokes your hospitality sending secr etary arrange.† Because Mr. Clovis chooses the very infirmity