What is Comedy? The definition of comedy in the contemporary meaning of the term‚ is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter‚ especially in theatre‚ television‚ film and stand-up comedy‚ (Source: www.Wikipeadia.com). So more basically‚ an artistic creation that is humorous - provkes laughter - in a number of ways including literture‚ TV and threatre. Furthermore‚ the word comedy seems to have steamed from the Greek verb meaning ‘to revel’. This
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The first period of the ancient Greek comedy is known as Old Comedy. Out of the forty poets who are named as having illustrated the style of Old Comedy in 460-404 B.C. Aristophanes was one of the chiefs‚ whose works‚ with their political satire of sexual innuendo‚ effectively defines the genre today. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Comedy) Also known as the Father of Comedy and the representative of Old Comedy‚ Aristophanes has been said to have recreated the life of Ancient Athens more convincingly
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Jordynn Barnes April 16‚ 2013 The comedy in Chivalry The historical adulteration of chivalry in Don Quixote by Cervantes ties in to its literary parody. Don Quixote parodies the anticipation of chivalric affection: lone knights had lost their military essence. The dominant classes still served the ideology of chivalry. The loss chivalry can be tied into the War of the Alpujarras. The knights‚ the caballeros de cuantia‚ were obligated to keep their horse and armor ready for serving the king‚ but
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Aulularia is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus during a time when Athens was one of‚ if not the most powerful city-states in all of Europe. For this great society‚ historians use literary works to research and understand what the period was like. Aulularia is great play that can help historians investigate how slaves were‚ through Plautus’ humor you can catch how marriage and pro-creation is done and viewed in Ancient Athens. Titus Maccius Plautus‚ born sometime around 254 B.C.E.
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The origins of comedy are in the 5th Century BC. So this was in the Greek era- these plays were performed in Classical Athens as parts of festivals called Dionysia. These were performed on different days to tragedies. Greek comedies would be zany and would mock both political and philosophical ideas. Aristophanes a prolific writer of comedy during the 4th and 5th century BC he is first and foremost a political writer; a satirist most commonly known for mocking the politicians of the time. Aristophanes
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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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SITUATION COMEDY Situation Comedy or sitcom is a style of comedic drama where characters share a common environment with dialogue that includes humor. Sitcoms usually have a story line with the same familiar characters. Situation comedy originated on the radio but is now found primarily on television and the internet. In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being “the man who created the sitcom”. He directed over a dozen of sitcoms including I love Lucy
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DIVINE COMEDY INFERNO Inferno section 1: Dante’s journey through Hell (Inferno)‚ Purgatory (Purgatorio)‚ and Heaven (Paradiso) takes place in 1300‚ at the midpoint of his life. Dante sets himself as the narrator and main character of this epic poem. His flight through Hell begins in a dark and unknown forest. As Dante wanders through the woods he comes to a hill above which shines the first sunlight that he has encountered in the forest. But as Dante begins to climb the hill a leopard blocks
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were also the host of the show. They started bringing the house down by telling outrageous jokes and singing songs. My block mates and I were laughing until our stomach aches when Atak was starting to call for the audience and did something on the stage that was so embarrassing but that is okay because Mapuans are good in letting the comedians in doing their act without hesitations. Petite is a really good singer he sang high-pitch songs perfectly and flawlessly. The best performers
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the universal and controversial idea of “change if you love me”‚ and how the exterior‚ the physical appearance can both positively and negatively impact confidence‚ and as a byproduct‚ either encourage faithful or unfaithful behavior. The black comedy of the play arises from the moral uncertainty wherein the audience is asked the rhetoric question “is it right to change someone for the sake of art?” The students that it was morally wrong to manipulate people for the sake of art. This concept was
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