It makes fun of human weaknesses through humorous characters.
It exposes human flaws by exaggerating characters' weaknesses.
It reveals a gap between belief and reality by making characters unaware of their weaknesses.
A homophone is a word that sound alike but is spelled differently like "A BEAR is chasing me" and " Look at the BARE skined tree" so I don't think there is a homophone for myself. sorry
Most common Archetypal characters in Literature are:
-The Hero
-The Villain
-The Journey
-Doppelganger
-The Innocent Youth
-The Mother Figure
If you need the definitions, go to the website literarydevices
they have good definitions.