What is comedy? What determines what is funny to a particular society? Comedy is hard to define and differs from culture to culture. Through out time societies have developed many different forms of comedy ranging from theater and poetry to cartoons and sitcoms. This paper will compare and contrast classical Greek comedy to that of medieval times particularly Aristophanes’s The Clouds and Ysengrimus respectively. These two comedies were composed in completely different time periods (about 500
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secondary characters’ often bear inferiority in value to their stories. Agave‚ however‚ shows otherwise in Euripides’ play The Bacchae. Her role is responsible for major events in the play’s plot and the creation of the plays conflict. By analyzing Agave throughout the text of the Bacchae it becomes clear how influential she is on the story. Agave‚ in Euripides’‚ The Bacchae‚ maintains the status of a secondary character‚ but she is one of the play’s most important characters. The creation of the
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The Representations of Dionysian World In Bacchae and Art Dionysus was the son of Zeus‚ the king of the gods‚ and Semele‚ the daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes‚ and he was the last god that became an Olympian. Dionysus had an unusual birth which caused him to have some problems about fitting into the Olympian Pantheon. In fact‚ the problem lies behind the mortality of Dionysus’s mother‚ Semele. According to the mythology‚ when Hera discovered the relationship between Zeus and Semele
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Iago rewrites Othello: “A play that begins as a romantic comedy‚ but which ends as a tragedy” Evaluate the relationship between tragedy and comedy in light of this comment” Written in 1604‚ Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most highly concentrated‚ tightly constructed tragedies‚ with no subplots and little humor to relieve the tension. Although he adapted the plot of his play from the sixteenth-century‚ Italian dramatist and novelist Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi‚ Shakespeare related almost
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Aristotle believed that tragedy served a higher purpose than comedy because of its cathartic effect. Therefore‚ comedy is delegitimized. But comedy does serve a social purpose that can be considered cathartic. It can be an outlet for social angst. At the time Lysistrata was written‚ Athens‚ a superpower of their time‚ had just lost a battle with Sparta. This probably shattered the conceptions of Athenians. And as a result‚ Aristophanes used a ribald comedy about the less-than-citizen women of Sparta
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captivate modern audiences‚ which is illustrated in physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo’s reinterpretation of The Cult of Dionysus (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company‚ 1992). This play‚ adapted from famous Greek playwright Euripides’ original play ‘The Bacchae’‚ was reinterpreted by director Simon Wood whilst still sustaining the pertinent ideologies and the relevant themes of this era: control‚ revenge and power. The performance effectively utilises
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Characteristics of Comedy There are many characteristics that make up a comedy. Characteristics such as mistaken identity‚ battle of the sexes‚ and jumping to conclusions are what set the comedic story apart from the tragedy. Within a comedy‚ no matter how much fault‚ and dismay may appear within the story‚ there always seems to be the classic ending of " and they all lived happily ever after " Comedies capture the viewer with a sense of compassion and love for the characters in the story
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humor. Some may find it offensive because the joke makes fun of their culture or their personality. We experience comedy in our everyday lives‚ or when we sit down to watch a funny movie. In modern day most comedy targets a certain group of people or race. Humor is the quality or being amusing‚ however it is funny only to some extent otherwise it may become a form of bulling‚ and comedy is in our nature so people should laugh to stay happy. Humor is something amusing that makes you and other people
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Passage one: The Chorus’ first speech‚ page 193 to 196 Passage two: Dionysus and Pentheus’ exchange‚ 206 to 209 Passage three: Dionysus’ final speech‚ 241 to 242 Euripides’ The Bacchae explores the polarities of logic and impulse that are both inherent in human nature within a world fatally lacking in balance. In evoking the very extremes of both rigorous rationale and primal instinct‚ the folly of a linear worldview is tragically rendered. In the Chorus’ emphatic exaltation of Dionysus
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similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. These two plays have many things in common where as Measure
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