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- A comedy is a play that entertains with a lighthearted tone and typically ends happily.
- It often features noble characters in non-heroic roles or ordinary individuals, employing everyday language.
- Romantic comedies explore young love with adventures leading to a joyful union.
- Satirical comedies mock human follies, focusing on social behaviors and common weaknesses.
- Comedies of manners depict the lives of the middle or upper class, highlighting societal norms.
A comedy is a play that amuses and has a happy ending. It usually involves less serious themes and its heroes are either noble characters engaged in non-heroic actions or ordinary characters. Consequently, comedy makes use of a comic, ordinary style based on common, even vulgar, language that is not used for tragedy. Comedy is generally one of three types:
• Romantic comedy: associated with the contrasted love of young people, who are finally united after many adventures;
• Satirical comedy: which makes fun of and satirises the follies of mankind, especially social behavior or common weakness such as avarice or laziness;
• Comedy of manners: associated with middle-class or high society life, which is described in a light tone mildly criticized for its conformity.
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