Shakespeare’s comedies

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Shakespeare’s comedies

“Comedy" a light-hearted play a happy ending as opposed to tragedies and history plays

Fourteen Comedies 11 Histories/12 tragedies All's Well That Ends Well Midsummer Night's Dream As You Like It Much Ado about Nothing Comedy of Errors Taming of the Shrew Love's Labour's Lost Tempest Measure for Measure Twelfth Night Merchant of Venice Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Winter's Tale

Elements of comedy Young lovers struggling to overcome obstacles obstacles brought about by the elders in the play (parents or guardians) causes tension/conflict circumstances keep lovers apart, either literally or figuratively must find their way back together in the end

Elements of comedy Mistaken Identity mixed-up twins clever disguises gender switch (women masquerading as men) creates misunderstandings and comical situations Twelfth Night

Elements of comedy Clever plot twists multiple plot lines cleverly intertwined keep the audience guessing always straightened out in a happy ending

Elements of comedy Stock characters the young couple the fool the clever servant the drunk stock characters were instantly recognizable to Elizabethan audiences

Elements of comedy Happy endings Most often involves marriage Love always wins out in the end

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