Shakespearean comedies Kadi Kolk form XIA The plays

Shakespearean comedies Kadi Kolk form XIA

The plays in First Folio: � histories � tragedies � comedies Shakespearean comedy: � written in Iambic pentameter � happy ending � involving marriages � cheerful � imaginary country � true characters � “green world’’ � strain between Dionysian and Apollonian values

Comedies: �A struggle of old haters � Separation and re-unification � Mistaken identities � A clever servant � Heightened tensions � One plot � Frequent punning

In Shakespeare’s comedies we can notice: � Foreshadowing � Foreboding human faults and mistakes: � lack of generosity � inability to share in the pleasures of others � combination of tragedy and humour � use of the lower class � music

Shakespeare’s comedies � � � � � All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Pericles, Prince of Tyre (not included in the First Folio) The Two Noble Kinsmen (not included in the First Folio)

Twelfth Night � written in 1600 -01 � Twelfth Night's entertainment � mistaken identity The main characters: � Lady Olivia � Orsino � Viola as Cesario

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