Lear Ado
(A Comparative Analysis of Dramatic Genres Between
Shakespeares, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing) Within the
world of drama and performance, there are two central ends of the
genre spectrum. These are essentially the light and dark of the
stage. These opposite ends of the spectrum are
comedyand
tragedy,
respectively. While some people may prefer one
genreover the
other, these both find ways to tell great stories with greatly
different methods. One eternally famous playwright, William
Shakespeare wrote countless plays in both of these styles. Two
exquisite examples of these genres are his King Lear, and Much Ado
About Nothing. These plays demonstrate the great contrast between
comedy and tragedy through the high to low character falls or
climbs, amount of humor, and prominence of death and suffering. The
greatest difference between comedy and tragedy lies in the
transition of how characters rise and fall. Comedies typically end
with low characters ending happily, heroes succeeding, and sources
of tension find themselves in a
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The plot of
Much Ado About Nothing is riddled with countless jabs, jokes,
irony, and humorous situations. Not all of the humor in a comedy
has to be spoken. Some of the most comical moments in the play
occur when either Benedick and Beatrice are overhearing a
conversation that their friends purposely say to trick their
respective hopeless romantic into falling in love. Benedick and
Beatrice are deceived by their friends, but this deception stems
from their delusion that they can avoid love and marriage. While
Benedick rambles about how there is no woman good enough, the
audience watches, amused, waiting for him to fall. (Windham).
While a tragedy might have a few comical moments, those are far
outshadowed by the amount of grief and suffering that goes on
within the
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