Shakespearean Comedies

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Term Paper Title	Shakespearean Comedies
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Shakespearean Comedies


Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime.  Some of his
plays have similar comedic characteristics and  while other plays
are the exact opposite of comedy.  Shakespeare wrote tragedies,
romance, history, comedy, and problem plays, all with great success.
During the performance of these plays there was no scenery, so great
time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the
plays would be entertaining.  A Midsummers Night's Dream and Much
Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote.
These two plays have many things in common.  Comparing
and contrasting these plays will help us to understand what
Shakespeare thought comedy was in the 1600's.
     A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive comedy.  The play takes
place in June and this is a bewitching time.  In the spring the
custom is to celebrate the return of fertility to the earth.
During  this time the young people spend the night in the woods to
celebrate.  Shakespeare uses the greenworld pattern in this play.
The play begins in the city, moves out to the country and then back
to the city.  Being in the country makes things better because
there is tranquility, freedom, and people can become uncivilized
versus when they are in the city and have to follow customs and
laws and behave rationally.
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     Comedies contain blocking figures and in this play it is
Egeus.  If he was not in the way, Hermia could marry Lysander.
Since he is causing problems in his daughters life by trying to
make her marry Demetrius, this begins the journey into the woods.
Egeus threatened Hermia with death if she were to marry Lysander so
she thinks the only way they can be together is to run away.
     One strange element is why Egeus was so set on Hermia marrying
Demetrius.  Lysander came from as good a family as Demetrius.  Both
were well possessed with property and money so Egeus's power is
made to seem senseless.
     The play moves into the woods which is haunted by fairies who
are there to bless the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta.  The
quarreling between Oberon and Titania over the changeling boy leads
to the king wanting to embarrass Titania with the love juice by
making her fall in love with a monster.  The first person she sees
is Bottom and she falls violently in love with him.
     Oberon is making a spectacle of Titania and Bottom.   It is
ridiculous that she is in love with him because he is from such a
lower class than her, he i...

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