Question

What is comedy what are its main features

Answer 1

Answer:

The word ‘Comedy’ has been derived the French word comdie, which in turn is taken from the Greeco-Latin word Comedia. The word comedia is made of two words komos, which means revel and aeidein means to sing.

According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, comedy means a branch of drama, which deals with everyday life and humourous events. It also means a play of light and amusing type of theatre. Comedy may be defined as a play with a happy ending. Renee M. Deacon defines comedy as “Comedy, considered in its essence, represents the forces of life as opposite to the forces of death, the latter, in a greater or less degree, forming the subject of tragedy.”

Answer 2

Answer:

Comedy refers to play that has hilarity and gaiety as its prime qualities.

Features of comedy are:-

1. Comedy deals with acquainted and domestic occurrences notably of the center category society. it's opposite to tragedy.

2. It deals with the democratic principle of quality of standing. One or additional characters gain importance over dwarf and different characters.

3. Comedy deals with varieties and categories and not with personalities and people as happens with tragedy.

4. Comedy options insensibility towards audience. If audience feels sympathy towards character, their sense of hilarity and good temper can evaporate.

5. it's a drag free genre of drama. a small stigma of drawback spoils the charm of the comedy.

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