Dramatic Burlesque In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare cleverly utilises a changing atmosphere in Act 3 Scene 1 to expertly entertain his audience. The atmosphere changes through the developing behavior of Tybalt’s character. At the start of the scene Mercutio is being humorous in the phrase “here’s my fiddlestick,” he uses a funny expression to make a joke about his sword. When Tybalt enters the atmosphere completely changes when Tybalt says “thou art a villain”. The effect of the word “villain” conjures up

The minor characters side stories that weave dramatic irony throughout the play makes the story line all the more fascinating. Malvolio, who is Olivia’s attendant, has the meanest of tricks played on him, and the trick is made considerably more amusing due the nearness of emotional incongruity. The sensational incongruity is made when Malvolio gets a note sent in penmanship that has all the earmarks of being Olivia's. The gathering of people, in any case, realizes that the note was rather composed by Olivia's worker, yet Malvolio trusts it to be composed by Olivia herself. The note gives Malvolio particular directions to win Olivia's adoration, and is loaded with things that are abnormal for Malvolio.

Literary Devices Essay The author William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet for people’s entertainment having to compete with several other types of entertainment. In the play Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare he includes metaphors and puns to enhance the reader's experience. Specifically, metaphors provide an explanation for Romeo and Juliet’s relationship while puns provide comic relief in a stressful situation. A modern day film called One Tree Hill relates to Romeo and Juliet in the way lovers cannot see each other . William Shakespeare included metaphors in his play Romeo And Juliet to explain the relationship between Romeo and Juliet while enhancing the reader's experience.

His intention in lampooning was for his audience to enjoy the irony and sarcasm of his work while criticizing the foolish view of the upper class. During the time play’s release, many critics wrote about their opinions of the play. Some critics saw his work as a fantasy, others said it was burlesque, but there were also critics who understood Wilde’s purpose for writing this play (Kohl 272). For instance, Norbert Kohl said, “He is made to laugh at the hollow superficiality hidden behind the mask of earnestness, and to mock the rich facade…” (Kohl 272). Khol clearly understood that Wilde’s purpose of writing The Importance of Being Earnest was to publicly and comically criticize the rich.

In the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare, many of the characters relentlessly pursue their goals in the face of illogical decisions, and, while fictional items such as the “love-in-idleness” flower are used to explain the character’s sudden love for each other, the play does illustrate how love and ambition can lead to unforeseen consequences. For example, when Puck accidently anointed Lysander’s eyes with the “love-in-idleness” juice, he started a chain of events leading to Lysander and Demetrius fighting over Helena while Hermia is treated as though she is worthless. Moreover, at one point, Lysander and Demetrius even threatened to duel each other when Lysander awoke after being anointed with the flower 's juice and said, "Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word is that vile name to perish on my sword" (61). This shows how the character’s love for certain other characters, and their ambition to pursue said love, can lead to the destruction of previous relationships and lead them to make dangerous decisions.

Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet beautifully written play, that explores the tragedy of forbidden love through plot, literary devices and aesthetic features. In ACT 3, scene 1, Tybalt kills Mercutio and is killed by Romeo who is then banished by the prince, these events propel the play towards the tragic ending. The literary devices, pun and oxymoron, used by Shakespeare enhance emotions of the characters and furthermore adding to the tragedy. With aesthetic features such as foreshadowing and simile Shakespeare integrates a unique beauty into this tragic play of forbidden

Twelfth Night is a play about confusion, love triangles, and goofing around. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play about love, humor, and fairies that can alter feelings quite easily. Shakespeare had to use irony as a very big element in both comedies. The use of irony creates confusion which illustrates Shakespeare’s point about the madness of love and how messy life can get. In Twelfth Night dramatic irony was used as comic relief and to help the audience understand how the love triangle worked.

These all contribute different comedic aspects to the plot and push the plot forward. The most popular comedic device used in The Taming of the Shrew is witty language. Everyone bickers back and forth at each other for the entire play. The language is comical, bordering on outrageous sometimes. It keeps audiences intrigued that are reading for the romance and hoops in audiences that wouldn’t normally stick around for a strictly romantic play.

Play Analysis – Essay 1 “Much Ado About Nothing “ Submitted by Noor Ul Ain Shaikh (BSMS 2A) What seems to be a comedy play for an audience who enjoys a theatre with good humor and romance, “Much Ado About Nothing” contains much more than just entertainment. If we dig in deep, William Shakespeare’s play has much more than a tragic story with happy ending; even that is debatable. The theme of this play revolves around deception, plotting against your own, personal gains and rejection. The audience may understand the concept of love and romance flowing within the characters because it was to portrayed that way but the critics would argue the fact that some of the characters like Beatrice and Benedick were made to fall in love with each other through deception. As simple as the characters were, the situations arousing in the play became more complexed as scenes passed by.

This was seen in the homunculus company’s performance as the audience volunteer was commanded to stab Pantaleoni, but in confusion and fluster, instead stabbed the doctor. An action made far more entertaining and humorous as it was both true to the servant character and complete unplanned. The actors used this element of surprise to create humour and relate to the audience throughout the play, asking for a near-by town to criticize and student’s name, leaving the audience both surprise and amused at the mention of either town or student. An element of tension