1. TRAGEDY AND COMEDY PROTAGONIST AND CHARACTERISTICS

2. COMEDY IS A PLAY THAT TREATS CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS IN A HUMOROUS WAY AND HAS A HAPPY ENDING. INVOLVES CHARACTERS AND SITUATION THAT AUDIENCES CAN EASILY IDENTIFY WITH. NOT ALL COMEDIES MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD, BUT THEY DO AMUSE, DELIGHT, OR PLEASE YOU. USUALLY ALL THE CHARACTERS COME TOGETHER AT THE END.

3. 1.Predictably unpredictable – you can expect the unlikely 2.Often time and place oriented 3.Intellectual, mental 4.Protagonist achieves goals 5.Protagonist often becomes leader of a new society; even villain is usually accepted 6.Protagonist is less than average 7.Protagonist achieves success, often as a result of own mistakes or shortcomings

4. 1) CHARACTER 2) SITUATIONS COMEDIES CONTAIN A COMIC PROTAGONIST. THE COMIC PROTAGONIST: RISES IN FORTUNE GROWS AS A PERSON TESTED THROUGHOUT STORY REGULAR PERSON PRETENDS TO BE MORE THAN IS PREDICAMENTS THAT SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE OR IMPROBABLE I.E. MISTAKEN IDENTITIES, RASH PROMISES, A SERIES OF EVENTS IN WHICH EVERYTHING GOES WRONG 3) Dialogue o What is spoken between characters o Witty comebacks and sarcasm tell a lot about characters o All is known through dialogue

5.  TRAGEDY – SOBER, THOUGHTFUL PLAYS THAT ARE BASED ON HUMAN EMOTIONS AND CONFLICTS THAT DO NOT CHANGE WITH TIME OR PLACE.  TRAGEDIES END IN CATASTROPHE – OFTEN THE DEATH OF THE TRAGIC HERO.  THE FOCUS OF THE TRAGEDY IS ON THE TRAGIC CHARACTER/PROTAGONIST.

6. 1.Inevitable – there is no way to change or to stop the outcome. 2.Universal theme and appeal 3.Emotional 4.Protagonist fails to achieve goals 5.Protagonist is alienated from society 6.Protagonist is an average or better person 7.Protagonist falls from high (leadership, respect, dreams, position)

7. CHARACTERS FACE TWO TYPES OF STRUGGLES A problem or struggle within ones’ self. (man vs. Self) These can be virtues, sense of duty, weakness, etc. Internal Conflict A problem or struggle outside of ones’ self. (man vs. man) (man vs. Nature) These can be with another person (physical or verbal), an animal, nature (weather and natural disasters) or an object. External Conflicts

8. THE PROTAGONIST OF A PLAY IS THE CHARACTER THAT KEEPS THE PLOT MOVING BECAUSE THEY WANT SOMETHING. THIS CHARACTER IS A SIGNIFICANT PERSON WHO IS ENGAGED IN A STRUGGLE BUT ULTIMATELY FAILS OR IS OVERCOME BY OPPOSING FORCES – ANTAGONIST. THERE ARE FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OFTEN FOUND IN A TRAGIC CHARACTER.

9. 1. Tragic flaw - tragic hero “falls” due to a flaw in personality 2. Free Choice – Hero fate do to a choice they made 3.. Increased awareness – hero understand why this has happened before “fall” 4. Fall from high – hero must be of high or noble status in society. 5. Punishment exceeds the crime – hero’s punishment seems to much for what was done. Audience should not feel like hero deserved the extreme punishment

10. 1) CHARACTER 2) SITUATIONS COMEDIES CONTAIN A COMIC PROTAGONIST. THE COMIC PROTAGONIST: RISES IN FORTUNE GROWS AS A PERSON TESTED THROUGHOUT STORY REGULAR PERSON PRETENDS TO BE MORE THAN IS PREDICAMENTS THAT SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE OR IMPROBABLE I.E. MISTAKEN IDENTITIES, RASH PROMISES, A SERIES OF EVENTS IN WHICH EVERYTHING GOES WRONG 3) Dialogue o What is spoken between characters o Witty comebacks and sarcasm tell a lot about characters o All is known through dialogue