Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character‚ scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work‚ often to relieve tension. Definition Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama. Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling‚ wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction. A sidekick used for comic relief will usually comment on the absurdity
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This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious
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King Per. 2 Comic Relief Shakespeare’s element of comic relief in his plays provides more than just mere pieces of entertainment for the groundlings; it allows a break from the dense and sometimes evil continuity of the play. Comic scenes provide relief to the audience while building up the intensity from earlier scenes. Sometimes appearing out of place within the play‚ the scenes and characters are still significant roles in advancing the play. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet comic relief is supplied
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Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character‚ scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work‚ often to relieve tension. Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama. Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling‚ wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction. A sidekick used for comic relief will usually comment on the absurdity of the hero’s
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November 2014 Professor Baumgartner Comic Relief in Hamlet Hamlet is one of the most commonly known plays written by William Shakespeare‚ however most people do not realize or notice the comedic relief that is placed within the play. Taking away from all the seriousness‚ Shakespeare added three unique scenes trying to add a comedic twist on to his play. The first comes in Act 2 Scene 2 when Polonius and Hamlet first interact. Next comes the most known comedic scene in the play featuring the gravediggers
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Comic relief is an important theatrical convention that makes the story more interesting and appealing to readers. In Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities‚ Dickens uses one of his minor but fascinating characters‚ Jerry Cruncher‚ to depict this. The two or three chapters dealing with Jerry Cruncher and his family life are humorous and he also illustrates the terrible poverty during the 18th century. And despite the novel’s tragic scenes and symbolic images‚ Dickens uses Jerry to lighten things
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Shakespeare’s King Lear definitely falls under the genre of tragedy. Throughout the play there are multiple unfortunate‚ and frankly unnecessary‚ events. However‚ through all the unpleasantness‚ a positive light in the form of comedy shines through. Comic relief is often used in works of fiction that have very strong‚ negative themes as a sense of comfort in an otherwise displeasing plot‚ and was also included in the play to keep the audience entertained. In the case of the Stratford Festival’s production
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The satirical porter scene is said to be the comic relief in the grim tragedy of the play‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare. In the following essay the importance of the scene to the rest of the play will be discussed‚ and the actions and speech of the porter will be analyzed. Though not the most important scene of the play‚ the value of the porter scene cannot be overlooked. The sordid‚ tense and serious atmosphere of conspiracy and murder is slightly eased by the humorous speeches and
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THE COMIC SCENES IN DOCTOR FAUSTUS: (A Powerful Play with a weak Plot) In any tragic or serious play‚ the dramatist tries to give relief to the audience by introducing comic scenes or episodes. The literary term for such comic interludes is known as tragic relief. A tragedy is bound to create tension in the mind of the audience and if this tension is not relaxed from time to time‚ it generates some sort of emotional weakness in the mind of the audience. Hence‚ comic scenes are a necessity to
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Similarly‚ Williams used comedy and laughter to change the lives of many strangers. Williams teamed with two close friends and fellow comedians‚ Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal‚ and cable network giant HBO to promote Comic Relief. Comic Relief was a charitable organization established in 1986 for the purposes of raising money and awareness for America’s homeless crisis. This was an organization that was near and dear to Williams’s heart. This national platform provided Williams‚ together with
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