the differences of tragedy and comedy From what I can tell the difference between a good comedy and a good tragedy are the effects of the audiences intended to see or read. There are a few key differences that change them from one genre to the next and these differences really only rely on the hero to separate them from “comedy” to “tragedy”. What I notice is in the comedy the hero is normally playful and funny to a degree or at least until he is needed to take on a really serious role which even
April 2016 The Merchant of Comedy The Merchant of Venice, a story of despair and pain. Wait, nevermind it’s a comedy. There are too many humorous scenes for it not to be a comedy. It may not seem very funny but, in this time period this play would have been very humerous. I still think this play is a comedy because what isn’t funny about women pretending to be men, how Shylock and if you compare this play to Shakespeare’s other works you can easily see that this is a comedy. Men pretending to be women
“ Life is a Tragedy for those who feel, and a Comedy for those who think” said Jean De La Bruyere. Like in Oedipus, Oedipus feels all the pain when he learned the truth. In The Wife of Bath, the knight think through his decision making when the aged women ask him to pick a question. A tragedy is about human potentiality, while comedy is about the struggle between the youth and the old. Although comedy and tragedy both have character’s flaw, comedy and tragedy are completely contradictory. One starts
all his works, the most popular styles were comedies and tragedies. These polar opposites appealed to many because of the way they brought the story to life. The same story written in both of these styles could have a completely different effect on the audience based on the style used. Although completely dissimilar, the two styles did have some similarities, which kept them in the Shakespearian style. Shakespeare’s more widely known comedy and tragedy, The Twelfth Night and Macbeth, respectively
of comedy or tragedy. As with poems and other forms of literature, the classification may be clearly known or it can be a topic of question, requiring additional analysis and justification in order to pinpoint the author’s direction and or intentions. William Shakespeare’s “A Merchant in Venice” includes a myriad of characters, dialogue, situations, and moods that make classifying this piece of literature somewhat difficult. However, this play should ultimately be viewed as a romantic comedy due
“Suddenness”: The Symposium as a Tragic Comedy “All of a sudden he will catch sight of something wonderfully beautiful in its nature; that, Socrates, is the reason for all his earlier labors.” (210E) “Then, all of a sudden, there was even more noise. A large drunken party had arrived at the courtyard door and they were rattling it loudly…” (212C) “You always do this to me ¬– all of a sudden you’ll turn up out of nowhere where I least expect you!” (213C) “And then, all of a sudden, while Agathon
Wakefield, a poem about urbanization, The Deserted Village, and a stage comedy, She Stoops to Conquer. Goldsmith, by Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1773 By reputation, Goldsmith was brilliant but insecure, and well-meaning and good-natured, but often foolish or gauche in social situations. The Play’s the Thing . . . In many regards, a play is a very different beast than most other forms of literature. What are the primary differences between drama, and (say) novels and poems? Drama is PERFORMANCE!!!!
seen in ancient roman comedies and tragedies, as Greek plays were mainly translated and Romanised (Beacham,1991). Moreover, Southern Italy (in the town of Atella, modern day Naples) contributed to the Atellan Farce, which was imported to Rome as a form of entertainment. Overall Roman theatrical entertainment intelligently borrowed from these areas to enhance its own artistic form (Wickham, 1992). Roman comedy was a more popular than tragedies. In fact, most ancient roman comedies were created as Fabula
What is a comedy film? The Wikipedia says that “it is a genre of movie which designed to entertain the audience with exaggerating performance or plot.” However, the amount of laugh cannot defines the successful of a comedy film. In my opinion, every comedy contain a tragedy inside, and to form a great comedy, you must form a great tragedy first. The movie, Lost in Hong Kong, which is defined as a comedy, is a successful commercial movie due to its high box office, but remove the apparent normal jokes
of Venice: Comedy or Tragedy? Intro: William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is a perplexing story of dark humor, race, religion, identity, love, and justice. Generally, most people understand The Merchant of Venice as a comedy about a bitter and outcasted Jewish moneylender named Shylock who seeks revenge against a Christian merchant who has failed to pay his loan back. However, there are many different perspectives on whether The Merchant of Venice is a comedy or a tragedy depending on