Shakespearean comedies

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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

Comedy subjects:

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

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 in1600-01 Twelfth Night's entertainment mistaken identity

The main characters: Lady Olivia Orsino Viola as Cesario

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