Essay on Shakespearean Comedy

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Shakespearean Comedy

Shakespearean Comedy

Shakespeare wrote many plays during his
lifetime. Some of his plays have 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 for Measure is a problem play with a totally different
tone. Comparing and contrasting these three plays will help us to understand
what Shakespeare thought comedy was in the 1600's and to see if our views
on comedy are the same today.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive
comedy. The play takes place in June and this is a bewitched time. In the
spring the custom is to celebrate the return of fertility to the earth.

During this time the young people spend the night in the woods to celebrate.

Shakespeare uses the greenworld pattern in this play. The play begins in
the city, moves out to the country and then back to the city. Being in
the country makes things better because there is tranquility, freedom and
people can become uncivilized versus when they are in the city and have
to follow customs and laws and behave rationally.

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