Comedy Essay Examples Page 4

A monologue from the play by Moliere NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Moliere, Vol. II. Ed. Charles Heron Wall. London: George Bell & Sons, 1898. CLEANTE: No, I am not a revered doctor, brother; no, all the knowledge of this world has not found its abode in me. I have…

A monologue from the play by Titus Maccius Plautus NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plautus, vol. II. Trans. Paul Nixon. London: William Heinemann, 1917. ALCESIMARCHUS: I do believe it was Love that first devised the torturer’s profession here on earth. It’s my own experience–no need to look further–that makes me think so, for in…

A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare ADRIANA: Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown.Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects;I am not Adriana, nor thy wife.The time was once when thou unurged wouldst vowThat never words were music to thine ear,That never object pleasing in thine eye,That never touch well welcome to thy…

A monologue from the play by Titus Maccius Plautus NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plautus, vol. II. Trans. Paul Nixon. London: William Heinemann, 1917. HALISCA: If heaven doesn’t rescue me, I’m dead and done for, with not a soul to look to for aid! Oh, how miserable my own heedlessness makes me! Oh! how…

This essay perceives Corrigan’s statement to be accurate that Lysistrata is definitely a more theatrical than a literary experience. There are many reasons for Lysistrata’s theatrical proficiency and they include it being written in the style of ‘Old Comedy’ the audience and their expectations especially at the festivals of Dionysus and Lenaia, the loose structure…

Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the Shrew” shows the two sisters, Katherine and Bianca, as complete contrasts to eachother. He uses various techniques to achieve this effect. Many of these techniques are the same for both sisters; however their outcomes are different, therefore creating two completely different characters. We first see some of these techniques in…

The name of this play, Twelfth Night, is a holiday period, just after Christmas in which things are said to be ‘turned upside down.’ Because of the nature of the plot of the play, this title seems fitting. Twelfth Night is what we call a ‘romantic comedy,’ a comic play drawing on elements of fable,…

Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ‘Twelfth Night’ involves deception, trickery and love, typical themes in Elizabethan drama. This theme of romance intertwined with comedy is suggested by the title which implies that a play set in the Christmas season is going to be full of love, happiness and celebration. The literary tradition of an Elizabethan comedy would…

Twelfth Night is a play written by William Shakespeare to be performed on stage. It was written at around 1600 and about half way through Shakespeare’s career as a playwright. The first recorded production was given at the Hall of the Inner Temple, London in 1602. The play is known has ‘Twelfth Night’ because it…

William Shakespeare wrote three types of play; tragedy, comedy and history. It is well known that “Twelfth Night” is a comedy, but why? It’s not a tragedy because nobody dies during it. It’s not a history because at the time it was not written in the past. It is neither of these so it has…