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    Shakespeare - Comedy

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    similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ historycomedy 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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    Fall Out Boy History

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    king‚ Pete Wentz‚ who was in numerous local bands until settling down by creating Fall Out Boy with Joe Trohman‚ the touring bassist from the past band Arma Angelus in 2001. Joe Trohman met the now singer‚ Patrick Stump through mutual musicians in the area‚ as well as‚ a conversation in a book store‚ where Stump interrupted a conversation Trohman was having with Wentz to correct him (Drunk History: Fall Out Boy). He later introduced Stump to Wentz when trying to find band members for their new band

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    History boys Alan Bennett

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    The History Boys Notes Alan Bennett was born May 9th 1934 in Leeds. He attended Leeds Modern School. In 1957 he graduated from Exeter College‚ Oxford University with a first class degree in medieval history. Like his favourite poet‚ Philip Larkin‚ Bennett is interested in and what lies beneath the surface appears in the lives of ordinary people- the play is about private lives‚ race‚ sexual orientation etc. In his introduction to ‘Talking Heads’ Bennett talks about his personal faith when he

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    ARE OFTEN MARGINALISED AND TOKENISTIC IN DRAMATIC COMEDY.’ TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE CASE IN ALAN BENNETT’S THE HISTORY BOYS? Dramatic comedy often sees the woman take on a role of insignificance. They become the prey‚ the desired possession and are not seen as equal beings to male characters. This has been apparent throughout history from the very birth of comedy. Plautus for example developed his comedy from the Greek’s new comedy and so also inherited a bias against woman. Any

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    Horror and Comedy

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    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 their tone similarly yet differently at times. The History of Horror To most people‚ horror is the genre that makes them become gregariously

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    Restoration Comedy

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    Restoration Comedy Restoration Comedy refers to English Comedies written during the Restoration period from 1660-1710. The re-opening of the theatres in 1660 after public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime signalled a renaissance of English drama. Restoration comedy is notorious for its sexual licentiousness‚ a quality encouraged by Charles II personally and by the rakish aristocratic ethos of his court. English Drama witnessed great changes during Charles

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    Characteristics of Comedy There are many characteristics that make up a comedy. Characteristics such as mistaken identity‚ battle of the sexes‚ and jumping to conclusions are what set the comedic story apart from the tragedy. Within a comedy‚ no matter how much fault‚ and dismay may appear within the story‚ there always seems to be the classic ending of "…and they all lived happily ever after…" Comedies capture the viewer with a sense of compassion and love for the characters in the story

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    “The comedy in The History Boys centres around the opposition created between the two teachers‚ Hector and Irwin.” What is the significance of Bennett’s use of opposition? The book ‘The History Boys’ provides opposition between the two teachers Hector and Irwin. These two characters are presented by Bennett to show the audience the difference in the teaching of both characters. Hector is described on page four as ‘a man of studied eccentricity. He wears a bow tie.’ By this‚ we get a first impression

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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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    Old Comedy

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    The first period of the ancient Greek comedy is known as Old Comedy. Out of the forty poets who are named as having illustrated the style of Old Comedy in 460-404 B.C. Aristophanes was one of the chiefs‚ whose works‚ with their political satire of sexual innuendo‚ effectively defines the genre today. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Comedy) Also known as the Father of Comedy and the representative of Old Comedy‚ Aristophanes has been said to have recreated the life of Ancient Athens more convincingly

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