Compare Duffy And Stoppard

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1.) "readers find modern comedy reassuring since it shows us what we already know rather than anything new." respond to this view comparing and contrasting Duffy's and Stoppards approaches to comedy. was the world presented reassuringly familiar or were you shown anything new? My personal view on the staement is, readers do like to be reassured, as this is human nature and we feel that theatre should essentially stick to a formula. One aspect of comedy is also recognition within our selfs and the world around us. however, what defines a reassuring view something that we have seen before eith no motive or meaning. If you look deep enough into any piece of literature there will alwys be some form of motive or meaning relating back to the world and essentially human nature. In the case of Tom Stoppards "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", and Carol Ann Duffy's "The World's Wife" this is false due to the disconcerting nature of the many differnt belifs and values and the view of man. "Rosenctantz and Guildenstern" deals with many key aspects of human nature and and the views on life. Through, essentially, stoppards philisophical eyes. the view portrayed the readers find modern comedy reassuring is false in this instance due to the fact both writers are trying to shock and disconcert in a funny way In "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern", stoppard even suggests to the reader what his views on the statement are through the player at the conclusion the mimed rehearsal at the end of act two stating, "Audiences know what to expect, and that is all they are prepared to believe in." This stement is due to Guildenstern saying that the Tragedians death scene was unbelievable and was not in keeping with the true nature of death. the players statement is a powerful claim into the way we view theatre and the world in general. people have expectations into the way a play
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