Is Benedick the comic hero of the play? How far do you agree with this statement? Suggesting if Benedick is the comic hero of Much Ado About Nothing is difficult to pin point a precise hero as each character possess a different comical trait. For the reason that each character during the play being a character to laugh at or with for respite after tragic events, for instance Dogberry’s use of malapropism mocks authority and makes fun of those who are in it. Devices that are used by Benedick and Beatrice are Bawdy language, word play and puns, which are very different compared to Dogberry’s According to Aristotle the idea of comedy comes from speculation concerning men dancing, signing and cavorting around the image of a phallus.
This, to the audience, will seem ridiculous and unnecessary creating a subtle sense of humour. Nearing the end of Act 2 we learn about Viola’s plans for her disguise in order to appear less vulnerable. She then goes on to say ‘thou shalt present me as an Eunuch to him’ which will yet again appear an overdramatic act to the audience. In act 3, Sir Toby Belch is introduced into the play. Shakespeare’s wit and word play used even for simply just the names of the characters can build up laughter.
Medusa can be related to the Clown Punk because although she was once accepted amongst people; beautiful and in love. Medusa and The Clown Punk are similar, Medusa chose to exclude herself from the rest of society while the Clown Punk was turned away, he wanted to be notices but he was ignored. Both characters are presented in violence, treating ways. In Medusa, the Narrator uses an imperative to illustrate medusa and her character, “Are you terrified?” and “Be terrified” this emphasises the narrators’ voice as in she isn’t the caring person before she becomes a jealous, decree woman. Furthermore The Clown Punk uses imagery of violence and threat to get this across to the reader.
Early on in the play (Act 2 Scene 3) the audience enjoys the jovial atmosphere alongside the characters until Malvolio abruptly ruins the mood. “Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night?” Malvolio seems to relish scolding Sir Toby and the others as he includes the simile “gabble like tinkers” which proves he has taken the time to select the right words to insult them with. The audience dislikes him for disrupting the fun of the scene whilst it provides a specific motive for the conspirators to plot his deception. Shakespeare uses one detail about Malvolio to instantly turn the audience against him: Malvolio is a puritan. At the time the play was written, puritans were not popular with the general public because of their miserable rules against most forms of entertaintment.
Hamlet’s Sanity Hamlet’s sanity has been a debatable topic since William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was first written. Many scholars have argued that Hamlet is insane after he meets the ghost in Act 1; however, many scholars believe that Hamlet is quite sane throughout the entire play, and he is just putting on an antic disposition. Antic means to play a joke on someone, and disposition means mood; therefore, antic disposition most nearly means to put on a fake mood to fool someone. This is exactly what Hamlet plans on doing after seeing the ghost “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ To put an antic disposition on” (1. 5.
It can be suggested that Shakespeare presents this character in a negative light throughout the play in order to have the audience view his choices and actions negatively too. However, in Great Expectations, it may be argued that Dickens aims to make his audience more sympathetic to Pip and his situation, and therefore allows us to see Pip’s choices in a more positive light. 2. Main – prove my argument * Macbeth – presented negatively – uncontrollable, easily led, power driven, fear vs. bravery, treason What choice did he make? What influences did he have?
However, if a different selection of Lives were chosen, then the monster could have learned of valor and honor. I would not have replaced Lives, but I would have provided a different selection. Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther was the story of a man selling his soul to the devil and the many negative effects it had on his life. The story eventually ends happily, but this story would have a negative impact on a naïve, inexperienced reader such as the monster. I would have replaced this with either The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, because they are easy, entertaining reads and they teach the importance of
His outfit is full of color and his hat has bells on it, like such of a jester. It is very ironic that he looks like a jester because Montresor is treating him like a fool. It is very evident that Poe took a lot of time to consider where ironic aspects could be put into the story so that the reader would understand what was happening. All of these ironic traits where part of background information of the story, they are all dramatic irony because the characters were unaware of them. Verbal irony is also a very important part in “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Miller makes the concept of the Devil being loose in Salem clear in the play through irony. The concept of the Devil being in Salem is ironic because although the Devil was not truly ‘in’ Salem, the true evil actually came from Abigail as well as a few other characters. This is shown by Miller as he also illustrates some character’s own selfish desires and feelings of personal vengeance. One example of how Miller made the concept of the Devil being loose in Salem ironic was how the witchcraft accusations or rather, the Devil, was a convenient excuse for the people of Salem to use against their neighbour. What made it even more ironic was how the accusers were actually those who were the truly evil ones, with ulterior motives behind their baseless accusations.
Comedy changes the original order. Comedy sublits subverts authority by changing into the opposite way. 12. Why is the Divine Comedy a comedy? It is a comedy because it demonstrates lower acts by lower actions which that is a comic character, The divine comedy was meant as a warning of committing a sin and not repeting.