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What is the difference between high comedy and low comedy?Theatrical Genres Resources Text... What is genre ? Genre is a French word meaning "category" or "type." The choice of genre reflect's the writer's point of view towards his subject. The two oldest genres, dating back to the fifth century BCE, are tragedy and comedy. Using the classical definition, what is the difference between a tragedy and a comedy?
What is the difference between the protagonist and the antagonist? The protagonist is the principal character (the "hero") in a play; the antagonist is his primary opponent (the "villain"): the dramatic obstacle. What is the major objective? Themajor objective, also known as the spine, is the major character's primary desire or goal. If the character reaches that goal, the play (by definition) is a comedy. If he doesn't, it's a tragedy. In a Shakespearean tragedy, the hero dies; in a Shakespearean comedy he gets married. The greater the body count at the final curtain, the greater the tragedy. The more weddings in the last act, the greater the comedy. (I was taught this, kind of "tongue in cheek," by Professor T. W. Baldwin in a Shakespeare class in college.) What is the popular definition of a drama? A serious, but not tragic, play dealing with middle, or lower class characters. A bourgeois drama. A comedy? A light amusing play with a happy ending. Often a farce. What is the difference between high comedy and low comedy?
Date: 2016-03-03; view: 3093
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