Use Of Insult Comedy In The Play A Midsummer Night's Dream
In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare incorporates Insult comedy into his play. Insult comedy is the use of insults at the expense of another character to create comedy. The use of this comedy is in many of the acts and an example of this would be in act 3, scene 3, when Lysander is talking to Hermia after he is made to love Helena no longer loving Hermia he and he says :
“Get gone you dwarf You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made;
You bead, you acorn.
Shakespeare's use of this comment is to add a comic relief to an otherwise dramatic scene of her losing the love that she ran away from home for her best friend. A character that is shown to use insult comedy would be Lysander and with his use of his insults in many situations.
This is clearly seen in act 1, scene 1, when he is talking to Demetrius, Egeus and Theseus and they say that Demetrius is to marry his love not him and his reply to them of
“ You have her father's love, Demetrius;
Let me have Hermia's: do you marry him.
With his one comment saying that since Egeus loves Demetrius so much he should marry him and leave Hermia to him not only is he furthering the argument, but he is adding a bit of comedy by insulting both Demetrius and Hermia's dad Egeus this only goes to further show how Shakespeare uses Insult comedy in his play A Midsummer's Night Dream.
“Get gone you dwarf You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made;
You bead, you acorn.
Shakespeare's use of this comment is to add a comic relief to an otherwise dramatic scene of her losing the love that she ran away from home for her best friend. A character that is shown to use insult comedy would be Lysander and with his use of his insults in many situations.
This is clearly seen in act 1, scene 1, when he is talking to Demetrius, Egeus and Theseus and they say that Demetrius is to marry his love not him and his reply to them of
“ You have her father's love, Demetrius;
Let me have Hermia's: do you marry him.
With his one comment saying that since Egeus loves Demetrius so much he should marry him and leave Hermia to him not only is he furthering the argument, but he is adding a bit of comedy by insulting both Demetrius and Hermia's dad Egeus this only goes to further show how Shakespeare uses Insult comedy in his play A Midsummer's Night Dream.