One of my favorite comedy films is Dumb and Dumber. ... This comedy uses many of the theories and elements listed in our Screenwriting for Film and Television notes. Some of the elements that are present are physical comedy, comic props, visual jokes, and even background comedy. ... It is quite easy to point out these theories and elements of comedy. The great actors and comedy techniques made the best comedy of this past decade....

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Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. ... A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive comedy. ... A Midsummer Night's Dream contains many elements of a comedy. ... Although these two plays share some common elements, they also have differences. ... Within the comedy of intrigue, there is social comedy involving Beatrice and Bene*censored*. ...

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Every Shakespearian tragedy contains common elements; included in these are the moral flaws or weaknesses of a tragic hero. ... In many cases, these elements of madness are too complex for a high school audience to fully comprehend. ... Betrayal and deceit are also common elements of the Shakespearian tragedy. ... The setting in a Shakespearian comedy is commonly that of a far off land. ... Aside from comedic entertainment, the comedies of Shakespeare do contain moral values. ...

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Define Horror In The Devine Comedy Horror is an ancient genre, who's roots are lodged in ancient myth and folklore. ... Dante's "The Divine Comedy", can be described as containing images and thoughts horror. The comedy fulfills the definition of horror by the images and scenes depicted throughout. ... Dante's "The Divine Comedy" was an extremely successful horror story. ... One can say that a story containing these elements will truly identify the meaning of horror. ...

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Some of hisplays have similar comedic characteristics and then other playsare the exact opposite of comedy. ... A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive comedy. ... A Midsummer Night's Dream contains many elements of a comedy. ... Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy of intrigue. ... The comedy in this play is very raw. ...

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Dark Comedy and the Genre Model There are three main genres in which every story can be categorized into, Tragedy, Comedy, and Tragicomedy. ... Approaching from the comedic side it is hard to see how The extremely comedic or happy could indeed be Tragic. ... Not your usual happy ending a comedy would have. ... A Tragicomic story has both happy and sad, but its humor is of the comedic form, not of the extremely Tragic form found in Dark Comedies. So while a Tragicomic story is comprised of both elements, a Dark Comedy is the unrealistic extent of the Tragic. ...

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Our task was to take a script which was "Monster Hotel" and adapt to the script to make a comedic presentation in front of our class. ... Comedy's greatest skill is the ability to take risks and carry out it efficiently in front of a viewer. ... Comedy is always a difficult art form because it involves you to take risk and also you have to have great communication skills. No body can be perfect and therefore comedy takes time before a person is actually a good comedian. ... Through this task I have learnt all the elements of non-verbal and verbal communication and am able to put all these...

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Critique : "The Comedy of Errors" On Saturday March 29, 2003 I saw a production of "The Comedy of Errors," written by William Shakespeare, at The Hilberry Theatre. ... My main criticism of play "The Comedy of Errors" is the writing of the script. ... They provided big laughs; I really enjoyed their comedic performances. Some of the best lines and physical comedy came as they ran around trying to please their two, ever-changing bosses. ... I felt that the actor's performance was excellent and the different elements of design were all masterfully implemented to make this fine production...

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Divine Comedy Dante's Divine Comedy is a moral comedy that is designed to make the readers think about their own morals. ... In the first lines of the Divine Comedy, Dante says "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight path."... This is one of the more imaginary elements of the Divine Comedy because we do not know much about it, although we really do not know much about Heaven or Hell either except for what we read about in the Bible and there really are not many references to Purgatory in the Bible. ... Th...

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One aspect of comedy that Much Ado About Nothing portrays is love affair. ... Like all comedies, the play ends in happy matrimony. Another characteristic of comedy is presented through witty dialogue. ... According to Neely, "of Shakespeare's thirteen comedies, Much Ado About Nothing uniquely blends elements from them all"(128). She continues by saying "It is linked by the romantic comedies and problem comedies by virtue of the [relations] of its two couples, its two plots" (128). ...

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One Shakespearean play, As You Like It, does conform to a typical Shakespearean comedy, in terms of both its employment of dramatic techniques, such as, language, elements of plot and characterization, and ideas which it explores, such as, the idea of identity, the creation of humour and the importance of love. ... The dramatic technique of elements of plot is used in the play As You Like It, to convey the idea of identity and the importance of love. ... This example supports how the play conforms to a typical Shakespearean comedy through the dramatic technique of plot because, Shakespeare...

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In assessing the extent of aggressive comedy in Twelfth Night it is important to look at the source material. ... The sword fight gives Twelfth Night aggressive comedy in the literal sense of the phrase. ... The comical elements of this play do tend to have an extra edge to them. ... The argumentative exchanges between them allow a conflict to cause comedy, aggressive comedy. ... This is evidence of a play being, as Fluchere said, "only on the fringe of comedy". ...

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Gargantua and Pantagruel Today our world is filled with laughter: thousands of comedy shows are on television everyday, and hundreds of movie comedies are being released every month. ... I will discuss the elements of laughter by relating to Rabelais's "Gargantua and Pantagruel" and compare Rabelais's days to those of the present. ... For instance, "Cheech and Chong" was considered one of the most popular comedy movies in the United States in the seventy's. ... It is these cultural values that keep us interested in comedy. ...

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Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean comedy that combines both hilarity and seriousness. Many serious questions such as honor, shame and court politics are defused by comedy, as well as by the "Forms of Confusion" John Creaser discussed in his essay. ... Dogberry and Verges by their very nature, silliness and slapstick, make the play a comedy, so it is appropriate that it is these two who put the play back on its original comedic course. ... The genre of comedy employs many different comedic elements in the pursuit of humor as recognized be John Creaser. Ofte...

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With the growing popularity of the comedy genre in television and the films of the Hui brothers, comedy seemed an inevitable addition to martial arts. ... The first film to utilize comedy elements in the Northern-style stage tradition was Sammo Hung's directorial debut The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977); it was Yuen Woo Ping who combined Northern-style fighting with other major fist forms to create new forms for the kung fu comedy film. ... This style of martial arts/ comedy film is much associated with Jacky Chan and can be said to be more of a low art form with it's greater use of props ...

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Shakespeare's comic relief as Shakespeare's Hamlet is recounted from another point of view, in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a new sense of witty comedy is sprung forth from the classic play. In all actuality, the play is classified as a tragic comedy, because although the dialogue and flow of the play is one of a laid back comedy, the play does end in death. ... These weren't the only examples of comedy in the play, but I found that both of these were very similar in the elements that made them funny. In both cases, comedy was the result of ironic a...

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For instance, the comedy genre can be divided into categories such as romantic comedy, comedy-drama, and screwball comedies. ... These are the elements that support the theme and ultimately label the film as a screwball comedy. ... Supporting characters are also important to the making of the film, without them many key elements would be missing from this screwball comedy. ... BASEketball meets the standards of a good screwball comedy. ... BASEketball has staked its place in comedic film history. ...

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As a result, from a thorough analysis of the play Much Ado About Nothing," by William Shakespeare, it can be concluded that it is indeed a Comedy because of its many glaring constituents that associate it with a Comedy. ... One indication that strongly supports the assertion that Much Ado About Nothing is a Comedy is the title. ... To be considered a Comedy the play must almost always culminate in a joyous procession or union. ... Comedy's reject bareness and urge on love as was clearly seen in the end of the play. ... The plays title, the use of figurative masking, the use of dec...

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Sex and nudity is a concept that is not new to films and movies, especially in teenage romantic comedies or "coming of age" comedies. In these teen comedies, the ideas of sex and sexuality in teens is usually a main subject, and in the three examples I will be looking at, the ideas of teen sex and sexuality is almost over emphasized to a comedic level. ... By looking at Cartoons, Comedies, Dramas and Realities, Gottfried and his team found that "Dramas on average presented significantly more risk and responsibility messages [of sex and sexuality] than cartoons, comedies, and re...

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However, Chekhov labeled his play a farce, or more of a comedy. ... Although indirect, this confusion provides the play yet again with comedy. ... Firs, a senile manservant, is the next to add comic elements as he hobbles across the stage also talking to himself. ... Gayev's actions also provoke comedy in The Cherry Orchard. ... Chekhov intended The Cherry Orchard to be a comedy or farce. ...

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However, Chekhov called his own play a farce, or more of a comedy. ... Firs, a senile manservant, is the next to add comic elements as he hobbles across the stage also talking to himself. ... The characters and their unusual situations and dialogue are by far the most humorous elements of the play. ... Gayev's actions also suggest comedy in The Cherry Orchard. ... The most interesting aspect of the tragedy/comedy argument is the fact that the tragic or comedic element is really relative to the point of view of the reader. ...

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However, Chekhov called his own play a farce, or more of a comedy. ... Firs, a senile manservant, is the next to add comic elements as he hobbles across the stage also talking to himself. ... The characters and their unusual situations and dialogue are by far the most humorous elements of the play. ... Gayev's actions also suggest comedy in The Cherry Orchard. ... The most interesting aspect of the tragedy/comedy argument is the fact that the tragic or comedic element is really relative to the point of view of the reader. ...

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A midsummer nights dream In the play A Midsummer Nights Dream, William Shakespeare uses literary elements and devices to portray his characters and to convey humor. ... He meant to say figure, instead of disfigure, which adds some comedy by showing his dumbness. This use of malapropism works to add some slight comedy to the story while developing characterization. Shakespeare also uses puns to add comedy to the story and to keep the reader's attention. ...

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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like it both describe many serious elements and embark upon an exploration and treatment of some of the most seriousness of life's experiences and themes. However, both of these plays are excellent examples of Shakespearean comedies, and, as such, they both possess a number of similarities in terms of the normal aspects of comedies that are associated with Shakespeare. ... This is one of the key differences between these two Shakespearean comedies. ... Shakespeare likes to create tension between the more serious ideas and the...

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In Section Five, Aristotle continues on to distinguish the boundaries between Tragic, Comedic, and Epic poetry. Comedy is considered to be a "lower form" of tragedy, and is not accompanied by the same degree of history due to its previous lack of seriousness. Although there are differences between Epic and Tragic poetry, Tragic poetry contains all the same elements as Epic, but Tragic holds elements that Epic poetry does not. ... But Aristotle declares that tragedy is superior to epic poetry because it contains all epic elements along with visual elements, vividness in reading and represent...

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