In disguises, these men show us a comedic advice of mistaken and disguised identity to fool Baptista. Act two In this act Petruchio meets Kate and they banter back and forth him with sweet words and hers with harsh mean words and she isn’t used to him talking kindly to her so she hit him but he says he will hit her if she does it again. Here Petruchio and Kate are bantering back and forth. The comedic device used in this scene is Petruchio who is clever with his witty language to try to woo Kate into liking him. Act three In this act Kate is at the alter waiting to get married when Petruchio shows up late wearing shabby clothes and riding a broken down old horse that was sick.
This conflict between them causes comedy as there are misunderstandings, which are amusing and the audience feel superiority over the characters who do not understand some of each other’s references. At the start of the play when Rita refers to a poem about “fightin’ death an’ disease”, Frank automatically assumes its “Dylan Thomas” as Thomas’s poem about death is a part of the literary canon. However Rita replies it’s “Roger McGough’s” poem that she’s describing. This misunderstanding conveys to the audience that these characters would not conventionally associate with each other. It could be amusing to the audience as it highlights the absurdity of the situation.
“Comedy, beginning in turmoil but ending in harmony, celebrates life.” To what extent does The History Boys reflect that view? 7. “The setting of this play is central to its success as a comedy.” To what extent do you agree? 8. “Despite being performed entirely in French, the audience is able to understand the scene due to Bennett’s use of comedy devices.” Explore this statement with reference to comedy devices.
If solely relying on Aristotle’s criteria to qualify the play, none of the aspects ever reach their full potential but it could be argued that Leigh included tragic elements and therefore it should be considered a tragedy, but is hard to distinguish through the comic elements he includes throughout as well. Another aspect that leads the audience further to believe this is a tragedy is that Laurence is the only evident tragic hero throughout. Beverly continually belittles, is rude to and dominates Laurence, while openly flirting with Tony: ‘Laurence, would you please go back in the kitchen and finish making your little sandwich, all right?’ Beverly regularly refers to Laurence and his actions as ‘little’, which undermines his manhood and is patronising infront of their guests. She especially likes to do this infront of Tony. ‘[Tony and Laurence pick it up.
In the dark comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace, the steady build up of tension is frequently interrupted whit the use of humor. Beginning with acts such as Abbott and Costello, and episodes of "I Love Lucy," humor is often the result of a misunderstanding. In the movie, "Arsenic and Old Lace," the plot combines murder and insanity. "Arsenic and Old Lace," seemingly outlines a mystery or drama, however with the addition of misunderstanding, it becomes a comedy. The humor is drawn from the characters' relationships with one another as well as the characters themselves, being misunderstood.
Along with the use of comedy as a means of critique, Fey also incorporates humor as a tool to downplay the serious aspect of her topic and as a way of keeping the attention of her audience. Fey incorporates humor throughout her entire narrative in order to critique the patriarchal society that she finds herself surrounded by. Fey’s use of humor is made up of sarcasm and does a good job at making her harder to refute. “The only person I can think of who has escaped the ‘crazy’ moniker is Betty White, which, obviously, is because people still want to have sex with her” (Fey p.3). Fey makes choses to talk about the way women are treated in the entertainment industry with a joke on Betty White, which targets both sexism and ageism, which Fey repeatedly addresses, but with a softer approach through the use of humor.
October 31, 2011 Taming Shrew To Whom It May Concern: After reading the Taming of the Shrew and watching your film of 10 Things I Hate About You, I have some observations that you may find valuable regarding your updates on character. The first character that it portrayed is Katherine (Kat), who is obviously as shrew as excepted to be. The play describes her as shrew, but there is no reason explaining why she is mean through the entire play. Contrarily, your film describes Kat to have a reason for her nastiness. In the play, Hortensio describes Kat to Petruchio in order to explain how rude she is after telling him how much money her family has, “Her name is Katherina Minola, Renowned in Padua for her scolding tongue”(55).
Physical humor was also used in the staging of the play - the actors portraying male characters wore phalluses that were erect due to lack of sex. The Menaechnus Twins by Plautus was another comedy writen during this time period. The play has no social political base and is completely driven by character. The story-line and the visuals entertained, while change, loss, and mix-up of identity in character carries the play. Situational comedy started in the era this was written.
This is significant because Rita’s lively and irreverent speech is a source of humour in the play. For instance, when Rita animatedly refers to a painting, using words such as “erotic” and “tits” she is clearly comfortable talking in this manner to her lecturer, this makes conservative Frank feel uncomfortable and as a consequence he replies to her with brief answers. Just this conversation alone has comedic value as it shows how very different these two characters are, they have opposing lifestyles, behaviour and seem to be moving in opposing directions. In the first encounter between Rita and Frank, their dialect and everyday speech confuses them both as Rita speaks in a colloquial language and Frank in Standard English. Her understanding of a simple question ‘And you are?’ asked by a well-educated person confuses her and she fails to understand what is really being asked.
Comedy is a composition that deals with a happy or cheerful theme which leads the characters to a happy ending. Movies are based on either tragedy or comedy which entertains everyone who watches them. Tragedy and comedy movies are similar in the way they entertain the audience, but both of them represent a different message and theme to the audience. Tragedy and comedy are similar in the way that they draw their audience in. Each movie, whether it is tragic or comic strives to draw the audience into the movie.