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    Shakespeare’s romantic comedies such as As You Like It & Twelfth Night are all full of various love-relationships. The central pair of lovers in As You Like It comprises Rosalind & Orlando‚ and the love is an example of love at the first sight which‚ nevertheless‚ does not run smooth. The love originates in the Duke’s Court during the wrestling bout won over by Orlando. It‚ however‚ matures in the pastoral setting of the Forest of Arden‚ where Rosalind takes the initiative by being disguised as

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    ‘As You Like It’ Essay Belonging is the inclusion of both acceptance and alienation. Belonging is security‚ connection and camaraderie where as not belonging is estrangement‚ ostracism and seclusion. To belong to people‚ communities or places can create positive as well as negative outcomes. People’s perceptions of belonging are constantly changing due to personal‚ historical‚ cultural and social contexts. In Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ incorporates both aspects of belonging; acceptance

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    In the article "The Argument of Comedy‚” Northrop Frye identifies two forms of ancient Greek comedy: Old Comedy‚ as in the plays of Aristophanes‚ and New Comedy‚ known primarily from the plays of Menander. Old Comedy‚ as Frye points out‚ is so out of date that when we speak of comedy today‚ we are referring to New Comedy. Fry argues that Shakespeare’s comedies are neither Old nor New Comedy‚ but have elements of both. Frye opines that New Comedy mainly comes from what he describes as a comic Oedipus

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    Lysistrata and Comedy

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    believed that tragedy served a higher purpose than comedy because of its cathartic effect. Therefore‚ comedy is delegitimized. But comedy does serve a social purpose that can be considered cathartic. It can be an outlet for social angst. At the time Lysistrata was written‚ Athens‚ a superpower of their time‚ had just lost a battle with Sparta. This probably shattered the conceptions of Athenians. And as a result‚ Aristophanes used a ribald comedy about the less-than-citizen women of Sparta and Athens

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    similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. These two plays have many things in common where as Measure

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    Introduction to As You Like It summary Duke Ferdinand has been forced into exile from the court by the usurping Duke Frederick. He takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faithful lords. Rosalind‚ his daughter‚ is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia‚ Frederick’s daughter. Orlando de Boys‚ the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys‚ has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since his father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s

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    structure helps project the tone of the movie. The generalization of movies usually commences passively‚ and gradually builds into a climactic scene. Then‚ it dies down to its peaceful way once more‚ but usually not in a horror or comedy. Throughout the history of horror and comedy movies‚ the plots usually ended on that climactic scene and had most of the movie be the foundation for that climax. As time went on‚ plot structures of the two genres started to develop and one could see that they help convey

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    artists like to do cover versions because they feel the song can be much more than the original. However‚ over the years many covers have also become more popular in the music industry then the original version that was recorded already. In this paper‚ I am going to be analyzing and comparing the original version of “Someone like you” by Adele and a cover version of the same song that Dan Wilson recorded. As well stating how all cover versions like Dan Wilson’s cover of “Someone like you” or others

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    What Is Comedy?

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    What is Comedy? The definition of comedy in the contemporary meaning of the term‚ is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter‚ especially in theatre‚ television‚ film and stand-up comedy‚ (Source: www.Wikipeadia.com). So more basically‚ an artistic creation that is humorous - provkes laughter - in a number of ways including literture‚ TV and threatre. Furthermore‚ the word comedy seems to have steamed from the Greek verb meaning ‘to revel’. This

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    makes fun of their culture or their personality. We experience comedy in our everyday lives‚ or when we sit down to watch a funny movie. In modern day most comedy targets a certain group of people or race. Humor is the quality or being amusing‚ however it is funny only to some extent otherwise it may become a form of bulling‚ and comedy is in our nature so people should laugh to stay happy. Humor is something amusing that makes you and other people cheerful. The purpose of humor is to make on

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