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    end up being beholden to Tartuffe in that everything they do is run by him first. This is despite the fact that the rest of the family despises him and is well aware that he is a fraud. Throughout this satirical work, a comedy of errors occurs which contributes to the overall comedy of the play. The funniest part is that throughout, the audience becomes privy to the fact that no one is the way in which they represent themselves. Orgon, while rich and somewhat powerful, is really portrayed

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    Twelfth Night like the Latin comedies of Plautus and Terence has a five act structure. The typical five act comedy consists of an exposition (an opening that sets forth the main conflict in the play), complication (series of events that increases the conflict), the climax (the turning point of the play), denouement (the unravelling of the confusion) and finally, the resolution (wherein matters are cleared up and the characters are happily united). These plays move from confusion to harmony and usually

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    figure of authority, Mercutio's death can be regarded as the symbolic death of social order. The failure to uphold order is a failure to uphold comedy since the maintenance of social order is regarded as fundamental in comedy. Not only is Mercutio's death the symbolic death of social order but also of communication. As previously discussed, Mercutio's comedy thrives on his ability to manipulate speech. His profound mastery of language is what makes Mercutio the distinct character that he is. His

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    Analyse the nature of comedy in Molière’s Le Tartuffe. In doing this, you might consider the playwright’s objectives, the comedic techniques used and the extent to which this comedy might also be referred to as ‘serious drama’. Brigita Gallagher 114459652 BAINT J2 Ms. Catherine Burke Molière ’s play Le Tartuffe is a neoclassical comedy written in the 17th century. It is a satire in which Molière’s main objective is to expose society's weaknesses and errors in order to improve them

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    opposite sex, has been around since the earliest of times. Because males and females continue to interact, the complications in this play remain as relevant and humorous today as they did to Elizabethan audiences. This is a very fun play, full of comedy and sexual remarks. It's lasting impression imprints itself into the minds of its readers, for it is an unforgettable story of sex, flirting, and happiness. The Taming of the Shrew remains as relevant today because of its relation to the age-old

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    to be possible, after all actors do it every single day of their lives. There are many comedy television or film stars who are actually very serious in real life. So how do they manage to pull this off and get laughs…and more importantly, how can you do the same? Popular

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    time. He wrote poems, tragedies, and of course some of his most known plays are comedies. What made Shakespeare so popular? Why are his comedies so well known? How did his way of writing comedies form the way others wrote and continue to write in the years after him? These are some questions many educators and students want to understand while studying Shakespeare. Focusing on his writing within his most popular comedies, Shakespeare has formed literature into what it is today. When the first collected

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    In conclusion, Romeo and Juliet should be considered a comedy due to multitudinous over exaggerated errors, scenarios, and hyperboles placed in the play. Since the beginning, the death of the two main characters could have been prevented if the Capulets and Montagues family had just gotten along or become more civilized. After all, ever since Romeo met Juliet at the Capulet’s party, many ridiculous events happened. Despite their love being forbidden, they vowed to get married. With this intention

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    In his article “Cowboys and Comedy”, Mathew R. Turner suggests that western comedy films both reinforce and subvert the conventions of their more serious classical counterparts in an attempt to “breathe new life into the genre”. While the author recognises that comedy “relies, to a certain extent, on the reversal of expectations”, he argues that the subgenre of western comedies actually has its own complex set of principles which can be observed throughout films belonging to the subgenre. To illustrate

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    Katherina The Shrew

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    against each other for dominance in marriage, has the uneasy feel that comedy is made of the pushing of boundaries. It uses the controversies that laughter induced as a radical anti-authoritarian form. Katherina, in the plot, is reputed through Padua as a foul-tempered and sharp tongued shrew, who constantly insults and degrades men around her, resulting in her never finding a suitor, which seemingly puts the conventions of comedy

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