1. Types of Drama a. Comedy When we talk about comedy‚ we usually refer to plays that are light in tone‚ and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater‚ there are many different styles of comedy‚ ranging from realistic stories‚ where the humor is derived from real-life situations‚ to outrageous slapstick humor. Is designed to be entertaining and humorous where misfortune ends in triumph or happiness. It presents characters
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“Nothing that is so is so.” To what extent do you agree with this in relation to Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night”? In Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’‚ the main theme of disguise and façade is used to create comedy as the characters ‘conceal’ themselves. This adds to the confusion and consequently the characters‚ and at times the audience‚ are doubtful of what is real. Shakespeare makes it clear that ‘Twelfth Night’ is up for interpretation through the use of his double title ‘what you will’;
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Comedy is a potential site for social disruption and a medium for a message of dissent. Discuss whether this is true of ‘The Merchant of Venice’. ‘Comedy’ can be interpreted in many ways. One interpretation could be simply described as a dramatic performance which pits two societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. To define comedy as a basis for societal disruption is to consider the way in which comedy could lead to disorder. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ looks at such ideas‚ the
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cinema and eventually television‚ drama diversified so drastically that the different forms of drama vary an astonishing amount. But even within modern comedies‚ such as Bro’town‚ South Park and Blackadder‚ we still find elements of the Aristophanaic drama. Aristophanes and Shakespeare: Both Aristophanes and Shakespeare used conventions common to comedy to entertain the audience‚ and sometimes even used them to convey serious messages. Both were great fans of the Poneros‚ or loveable rogue: In Wasps
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Americans Became the Fattest People In the World. Boston‚ MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.‚ 2003. Dale‚ Alan S. Comedy Is a Man In Trouble : Slapstick In American Movies. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press‚ 2000. Dobson‚ Louise. "What ’s Your Humor Style." Psychology Today 39.4 (2006): 74-77. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Feb. 2011. Durgnat‚ Raymond. The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image. London: Faber‚ 1969. Harmes‚ Joseph‚ and Karen S. Schneider. "Exit laughing
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pretending to be Ernest asking Cecily to marry him and Gwendolyn who Jack asked to marry him as Earnest comes to the country; resolution – when both male characters have been discovered and identities revealed. Throughout the script Wilde created comedy using wit
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Kind “Let each man exercise the art he knows‚” The Wasps‚ 422 B.C. “Comedy is a great vehicle to get into the truth behind politics‚” Will Ferrell 2004. Aristophanes and Will Ferrell had strong political opinions and both used political satire in theatre to express their opinions. From the father of Old Comedy to a man who is known for his political impersonations over two-thousand years later; political satire is a form of comedy that has been‚ and still is‚ relevant. Aristophanes wrote plays
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Hot (Wilder‚ 1959)‚ a classical Hollywood movie by Billy Wilder in 1959‚ is generally regarded as a romantic comedy. Different from other comedies in that age‚ Some Like It Hot makes a breakthrough in subverting some conventions‚ that is‚ it tries to extend its themes to two marginalisation directions: gangsters and cross dressing. Following these two key elements‚ this magnificent comedy narrates the story in a humour way‚ reflecting fickleness of human nature in that age‚ showing the director’s
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could be analysed in any number of ways. The author however‚ suggest one possible answer. That a show such as Seinfeld is effective because its humour is based upon the dramatic tradition of the comedy and tragedy. By definition the comedy and tragedy are opposite ends of the spectrum of human emotion. Comedy being associated with the positive aspects‚ happiness‚ laughter‚ joy; while tragedy is associated with the negative aspects‚ revenge‚ hatred‚ sadness etc. It is here that the author makes his
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In the short story‚ Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl uses the literary devices of dramatic irony‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery to depict a dark comedy by grasping the idea of a tragedy becoming humorous.There are multiple uses and examples of irony throughout this short story that relate to the idea of a dark comedy. One key quote of dramatic irony comes from the end of the book stating‚ Personally‚ I think its right here on the premises.´ Probably right under our very noses. What do you think‚
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