All 4 Uses of
farce
in
Man And Superman
- …to be exceptionally capable of distinguishing between good and evil, follows his own instincts without regard to the common statute, or canon law; and therefore, whilst gaining the ardent sympathy of our rebellious instincts (which are flattered by the brilliancies with which Don Juan associates them) finds himself in mortal conflict with existing institutions, and defends himself by fraud and farce as unscrupulously as a farmer defends his crops by the same means against vermin.†
Chpt Ded.
- You must admit that here Nature beats Comedy out of the field: the wildest hominist or feminist farce is insipid after the most commonplace "slice of life."†
Chpt Ded.
- The pretence that women do not take the initiative is part of the farce.†
Chpt Ded. *
- Besides, my child, in this place, what our libertine friend here would call the farce of parental wisdom is dropped.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(farce as in: the meeting was a farce) a situation that is so badly organized or going so poorly that it seems ridiculous
or:
a situation that is made to look like one thing, but is really another
or more specifically:
a situation that is supposed to be fair, but is completely unfair