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Common during Elizabethan Drama and depicts one of two things:
1. Ordinary London life during the Elizabethean Period
2. Depicts London as a hotbed of sin |
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| Concentrates on a group of characters, each with one overriding characteristic or "humour" about them--think the TV series The Office |
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| Comedy of Intrigue/Comedy of Situations |
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| Humourous because of the convoluted plots and conspiracies within the work |
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| Satrizes a social class and is characterized more by witty dialogue than plot development |
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| Entertains with unlikely, improbable or extravagent scenerios |
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Refers to English comedies written in the restoration period after the death of the Puritan Regime (1660-1710)
These comedies are marked by sexual explicitness |
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| marked by middle class protagonists who triumph over challenges. Aims to produce tears over laughter. |
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| Comedies marked by existentialist thought. Because in the existentialist universe there is no god, everything is nonsense and absurd, and all discussions eventually lead to silence. |
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| Depicts noble characters who deal with wars. Should ideally include cathartic element while avoiding the valorization of evil |
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| Developed at the height of the Enlightenment, depicts average citizenry |
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