Concetti Chiave
- Tragedies often involve tragic endings with the deaths of characters like queens, kings, and knights, using elevated language.
- Comedies feature humorous narratives with happy endings and include ordinary people speaking everyday language.
- The primary distinction between tragedies and comedies lies in their endings, character types, and language use.
- Tragedies focus on the conflict between the individual and society, whereas comedies revolve around love stories leading to marriages.
- History plays explore power struggles and contribute to national identity and the birth of a nation.
They are stories with a tragic ending involving the death of one or more of the characters which usually included queens, kings and knights. Tragedies are usually based on the conflict between the individual and society and their language is elevated.
2- COMEDIES
They are humorous plays with a happy ending and They are characterized by contrasting love stories which lead to multiple marriages. The characters are ordinary people who use an everyday (ordinary) language.
3- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRAGEDIES AND COMEDIES
Tragedies and comedies differ in the ending, the characters and the language. Tragedies are stories with a tragic ending which usually includ queens, kings and knights with an elevated language.
Comedies, instead, are humorous plays with a happy ending characterized by contrasting love stories which lead to multiple marriages. The characters are ordinary people and they use an ordinary language.
4- HISTORY PLAYS
They deal with the struggle for power and they increased the idea of belonging to a nation, so they contributed to the birth of a nation.