... are often ignoring the humor that Shakespeare included in the story to make it more entertaining. In this play there are a few elements of tragedy that are apparent in this play, The Merchant of Venice should be classified as a comedy because of its abundance of happy endings, light-hearted jokes, and true love. Shakespeare, in his written work his comedic plays it is known for his ... comedic relief through the characters and the scenes. Generally speaking, this play has plenty of silliness and light dialect, which are motivations to rule ... this play to be a comedy rather than a tra...

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... " (line 33) to end the war. They then conspire to abstain from sex until their husbands sign a treaty to end the fighting. The women of this play are strong willed and refuse to accept the fact that their physical composition is not strong enough to end the warfare. Instead they use their ... love and hate in Lysistrata influence the same issues only from two opposing perspectives. The love and war of Oedipus Rex seems to be more of an internal love and personal war. It is these two main elements that lead Oedipus to inevitable fate. Firstly, it is clear that Oedipus has this undying lo...

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• Grade Level: High School

... represent Queen Elizabeth I's resistance to male dominance throughout her reign as a Monarch of England. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare not only composes a simple and thoughtless comedy, but he constructs a social commentary that investigates the various gender roles and explores the inferiority of women in Elizabethan society. In A Midsummer Night's Dream elements of social critique are present in the opening seen with the conflict between Hermia ... and her father Egeus. Rather than submitting to her father's wishes, Hermia's headstrong attitude questions the belief that wo...

• Word Count: 866
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate