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 where as

Measure for Measure is a problem play with a totally different tone. Comparing and contrasting these three plays will help

us to understand what Shakespeare thought comedy was in the 1600's and to see if our views on comedy are the same

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive comedy. The play takes place in June and this is a bewitched time. In the spring

the custom is to celebrate the return of fertility to the earth. During this

marriage and is now a very miserable person. Although he had the ultimate power for a brief time, heabused it and now

sex out of wedlock, he just did not get Mariana pregnant. In this play sex is portrayed as much more dangerous than it

makes they very enjoyable reading. Comedy helps me to identify with stories since I like happy endings much better than

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