cviii Phoebe does the relapse, she violates all of the maxims. She wants to
mislead her friends about what she is actually doing.
2.8. REPARTEE Data10Repartee
Rachel is invited by Ross to visit Monica. They meet in Central Perk. Everyone is there when Ross and Rachel come in. Ross then
introduces Rachel to all of his friends there. When they are talking, Rachel sees Joey Tribbiani, her TV star idol who plays Dr.Drake Remoray,
walking toward them. Without knowing that he is one of Monica’s friends, she shows her surprise to see Joey there. Noticing this Monica says that
Joey is one of her friends. Rachel stunns to hear this and asks how can they have friendship with Dr. Drake Remoray. Hearing this, Chandler
says, “ Well it’s kinda hard to be friends with Drake because of his busy schedule and the fact that he’s not real.” Chandler’s statement obeys the
maxim of quality. He has given the true information toward Rachel’s information. He also observes the maxim of relation by giving the exact
and relevant answer toward Rachel’s question although it seems that he wants to tease her. However, the maxim of quantity is not observerd by
him because he gives more information than it requires. The reason for doing that because she wants to implicate that Rachel should be
understanding that Dr. Drake Ramoray isnot a real character. His
cix statement also flouts the third maxim of manner by delivering prilixity
utterances.
Data22Repartee
Monica and Chandler discuss Monica’s intention to do her first sexual intercourse with her boyfriend. That night is actually the night she
intends to do the intercourse with Roger. Unfortunately, when they are still having dinner, Roger is asked to come to the hospital. Afterwards,
Chandler comes there. They talk about it and they come to the statement which implies that Chandler would like to do the intercourse with
Monica. However, Chandler states that doing the intercourse with Monica will give him much pressure as that is the first time for Monica and he
does not want to disapoint her. Yet Monica answers that she has nothing to compare since she has never experienced it before. She says that she will
not know whether Chandler can do it well or not. From this interpretation, it can be seen that Monica’s statement observes the maxim of quality by
giving the truth reason for Chandler not to feel burdened to do sexual intercourse with her. She also obeys the maxim of quantity by giving the
exact amount of answer to make Chandler feel easy. The maxim of relation is followed by her as well since she has given the relevant answer
to fulfill Chandler’s intention. However, she flouts the maxim of manner as she has been too prolix in responding Chandler’s statement.
Data23Repartee
cx Rachel comes to Joey’s apartment to have a date with him.
Although she longs for it, it is difficult for her to do more intimate relationship with him. She feels reluctant to do it because she is a married
woman. She should not cheat on her husband with another man. That makes Joey respect her and intends to give her one of the ring that he used
in the show. Rachel finds out that the ring is the symbol of an undying love, she is very surprised why Joey wants to give the ring for her. Joey is
rather annoyed as Rachel talked so much that makes him said, “Look, do you want the ring or not?” Joey’s utterance which is intended to praise
Rachel and give her the ring to respect her does not belong to the maxim of quality and manner. He states untrue information and it is too prolix.
However, he does it to make Rachel feel that she is not such bad person as she thought. He also flouts the maxim of quantity by giving too much
information. He wants to implicate that he still respects her although as a married woman, she almost has an affair with him. He has been relevant in
such condition by stating that Rachel is a good woman because she is still able to avoid doing an affair with other man.
3. The Table of the Maxim Used in Each Type of Humor in the Film The Maxims
