"Shakespeare wrote his first play in 1592. ... After the success of his historical play, he wrote a tragedy called Titus Andronicus, and then The Comedy of Errors, a humorous comedy. ... Not many play writes of this time mixed comedy with tragedy, but he did this because the two elements combine in real life and he felt they were free to combine in his plays. ... "In the early days of The Globe, Shakespeare wrote three of his best romantic comedies: Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and Much Ado About Nothing. ... After many comedies, Shakespeare wrote the Roman tragedy Julius Caesar. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The individual inevitably has some flaw or makes some error in judgment. ... In the professional playhouses of the Renaissance and after, only rarely is music absent: Shakespeare's plays, particularly the comedies, are rich with song, and the skill with which he pursues dramatic ends with musical help is a study in itself. Moliere conceived most of his plays as comedy-ballets, and much of his verbal style derives directly from the balletic qualities of the comedia. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This play was considered a comedy in its day which suggests that the English thought it was funny to see Shylock persecuted for believing in the Jewish faith. The friends of Shakespeare who decided that Merchant of Venice was a comedy, justified this by saying the play was about love and marriage. ... This play is not a comedy but a curel portrait of life as a Jew. ... Shylock was a good sport about the hole thing he realized the error of his ways, but when he asks Bassanio a Christian for forgiveness Bassanio denies it which is very non Christian like. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In fact, the sight of her face makes one forget that she might even be a part of the flawed human race: "If to share some female errors fall,/ Look to her face, and you'd forget "em all"(). ... Pope gives Belinda's sylph the same name, Ariel, as the sprite in Shakespeare's The Tempest. ... The Rape of the Lock links comedy but nonetheless biting social satire for which the 18th century is famous. ...

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