What are the features of Shakespeare's comedy?

Answer 1

1. The main action is about love.
2. The would-be lovers must overcome obstacles and misunderstandings before being united in harmonious union. The ending frequently involves a parade of couples to the altar and a festive mood or actual celebration (expressed in dance, song, feast, etc.)
3. Frequently (but not always), it contains elements of the improbable, the fantastic, the supernatural, or the miraculous, e.g. unbelievable coincidences, improbable scenes of recognition/lack of recognition, willful disregard of the social order (nobles marrying commoners, beggars changed to lords), instantaneous conversions (the wicked repent), enchanted or idealized settings, supernatural beings (witches, fairies, Gods and Goddesses). The happy ending may be brought about through supernatural or divine intervention (comparable to the deus ex machina in classical comedy, where a God appears to resolve the conflict) or may merely involve improbable turns of events.
4. In the best of the mature comedies, there is frequently a philosophical aspect involving weightier issues and themes: personal identity; the importance of love in human existence; the power of language to help or hinder communication; the transforming power of poetry and art; the disjunction between appearance and reality; the power of dreams and illusions).

Answer 2

• · A struggle of old haters to overcome difficulty, often presented by young people

  · Separation and re-unification

  · Mistaken identities

  · A clever servant

  · Heightened tensions, often within a couple

  · One, intertwining plot

  · Frequent punning

  · Nobody dies

Answer 3

As far as i can remember there are 5 partsHere we go:1) The hero of the play is always a man (e.g. Hamlet, Macbeth).

2) The hero must come from some sort of noble status, kingship or have been loyal to his country (e.g. Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark).

3) The hero will make some sort of mistake called a 'Tragic Flaw' (e.g. Macbeth listens to his wife and becomes power hungry).

4) His 'Tragic Flaw' will lead to him suffering throughout the play (e.g. All of Macbeth's close friends become his his enemies and no one is on his side).

5) The hero must die but in a way that he is remembered as a good character (e.g. Macbeth dies trying).

Answer 4

Generally, Shakespearean comedies begin sadly; the death of a loved one, a shipwreck, a banishment. And, again generally, they end happily; most often with a marriage or celebration.

One notable exception is Love's Labours Lost which starts happily or at least lightheartedly, gets downright silly, has a marriage proposal, and then there is a tragic twist at the end. But, no one dies and since LOTS of people die in the tragedies, this one is still a comedy.

Answer 5

Typically, people end up getting married at the end. Almost all of Shakespeare's early comedies end this way. An exception is Love's Labour's Lost, where "our wooing doth not end like an old play; Jack hath not Jill." In some of the later comedies such as The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline the focus is on the reconciliation of divided married couples.

A common feature of the comedies is a woman who disguises herself as a man. This occurs in five different plays.

Answer 6

Nobody dies. The principal characters often get married at the end (sometimes in a group wedding with other couples), or, if they are already married, they become reunited or reconciled at the end. (see Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline and A Winter's Tale)

Answer 7

I don't know why don't you ask him yourself. O no i forgot hes dead. I take it u will never know. Shame!

Answer 8

Death, failed love