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DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMEDY, By: Farah Nathasha, TESL 2 - Coggle Diagram
DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMEDY
ROMANTIC COMEDY
Example: Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's writing style: In RomCom, Female characters was superior to men
Give a happy ending
A love between a girl and a boy
SATIRIC/CORRECTIVE COMEDY
Definition
To correct social behaviors
Examples
Complete Plays by Aristophanes
Volpone by Ben Jonson
COMEDY OF HUMOR
History
Created by Ben Jonson from Bodily Fluid
Definition
Humor from Bodily Fluids (Sanguine, Philegmatic, Melancholic, Choleric)
COMEDY OF MANNERS
Examples
She stoops to conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
Rivals by Richard Sheridan
Characteristic
Have characters that present certain societies
Will have unjust characters: Immoral first but rewarded in the end
Fun filled genre with writers who try to ridicul a social class
FARCE
Cannot understand but audience can laugh
Examples: Charlie Chaplin, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor
With Interludes, Create light-hearted environment
HIGH COMEDY
Thoughtful / Intellectual Laughter
Examples
The way of the world by William Congrete
LOW COMEDY
By clowns
Not really celebrated
By: Farah Nathasha, TESL 2