1. Shakespeare comedy characters
... , while our mind searches for hidden meanings. Oxymoron and ironies give an additional meaning for the reader. Titania who has fallen in love with an ass says "Thou art as wise, as thou art beautiful" when we know that an ass is neither beautiful nor intelligent. Another thing that makes the comedy humorous is the way Shakespeare shows stupidity among the characters ... but when it is exaggerated like, "Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast", it sounds awkward and pointless. Mispronunciations like perfet instead of perfect and bad ...
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- Grade Level: High School