Tragic comedy

Shakespeare has written many interesting plays, both comedic and tragic. One specific play, Much Ado About Nothing, is a comedy about two couples. In it, deception, as sometimes portrayed by the use of masks, is an important theme that propels all of the events of the play, but the deception shown in this play is neither positive nor negative, for it depends on the intentions of the deceiver. Whether it is during a masked ball, people pretending to be other people, or simply telling lies, deception

Tragedy and comedy are used in Mean Girls in order to allow viewers to approach a new meaning about the characters and plot in the film. The movie Mean Girls uses the aspects of a tragic hero, such as tragic flaw, free choice, downfall, and discovery and change to add depth to the main character and to teach a valuable lesson about life. As noted by Johnson and Arp, a tragic hero is someone with good and powerful intentions or traits, but also a few flawed traits (1294). Cady is sweet, kind-hearted

three-act play “Jerusalem” is composed of both comedic and tragic elements. Through what initially seems a play with “hilarious comedic routines” at the beginning, as it progresses, Butterworth inter winds “darker undertones”, such as sexual abuse and underage drinking. By the end of act 3, the audience is faced with an inconclusive ending which we can only assume is Johnny 's suicide, showing that the play can no longer be just a comedy. As Charles Spencer writing for the Daily Telegraph in 2009

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

Shakespeare’s Fool is often the sole character who avoids being sucked into the dramatic maelstrom that engulfs other characters. Fools make jokes and can be relatively easy to pass over. It is as though they are saying - laugh away and ignore the man telling jokes. However, their jokes hold the key to some of Shakespeare’s beliefs and outlook on life. They reveal his existential musings such as “who are we?” and “what is the meaning of it all?”. Fools try to answer these questions at the same time

Film Versions of Shakespeare Comedies Shakespearean plays are complex, intricate pieces of work in which a diverse range of interpretations and readings can be made. This is particularly true of his comedies, where the light-hearted humour is often offset by darker, more serious undertones. In adapting these comedies it is for the director – in the cinematic context – to decide how to interpret the play and which elements are privileged and which are suppressed. This variance in interpretation

Commedia dell’arte had great influence of Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing”. This form of theatre shows many comparisons to the Shakespearian comedy. Commedia dell’arte created elements within a comedy that became standards across comedic literature. Love, deception, matters of out witting one another and jealousy are components that make up the back bone to a comedy. “Shakespeare made use of many typical elements found in commedia scenarios”

aggravated, a boy with grayed hair and a cane comes out, who says his name is Egeon. The story begins through this tense and uptight interaction between the characters, and suddenly the audience finds themselves lost in the ideas of Shakespeare. Comedy of Errors, an enthralling and entertaining play written by William Shakespeare, contains a riveting and unique storyline. The story begins with the forlorn idea of a father trying to discover and reunite his family who was split apart by a shipwreck

Blanche McIntyre’s production of The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe successfully manages to translate the amusing source material from the page into the entertaining, and at times sidesplitting, show on the stage. The piece takes a few minor liberties like Dromio’s attempt to bring down the wash before the play, the addition of songs, changing Aegeon’s thousand-mark ransom to one hundred marks, and the inclusion of a balcony scene outside of Antipholus of Ephesus’ house. However, McIntyre’s

Satire, and Black Humor in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut was written in 1963. "It is a satirical commentary on modern man and his madness" (back cover). It is a book that counters almost every aspect of our society. As well as satire, Vonnegut also includes apocalyptic elements in this novel. Satire, "the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice or folly" (Webster 1193), is very prevalent in Cat's Cradle. Vonnegut hits on many