Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Conventions of Shakespearean Romantic Comedies - Coggle Diagram
Conventions of Shakespearean Romantic Comedies
Heroines
Witty
Audience can empathise with them
Actively escape their troubles
Real characters
Don't fit stereotypical woman personality of 'whore or maiden'
Subvert gender/social norms
Unlikely to admit she's fallen in love
Main driver of plot
Always end up with a man
Plot
Misundertsandings
End with a marriage
marriage = happy ending
To appease audience
Slow build up
Patience leads to a happy ending
Pushed by character intentions, interactions and desires
Both love interests usually refuse to admit their feelings which lead to shenanigans and main conflict sometimes
Secret identities
Language
Blank verse used for characters pretending to be better than they are
Prose used for those of higher status
Prose vs. blank verse
Iambic pentameter
Lack of a set would lead to characters describing their surroundings through dialogue or monologues
Comedy
Men mostly lead with comedy
Satirical
Farce
Low comedy
Intervals between plot are filled with a character who's sole purpose is comedy
Not the main purpose/goal
The romantic comedies are funny, but they don't make that their main takeaway. There are emotions that differ from humour or happiness and the plays provide food for thought and intriguing plot