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How does Shakespeare Create Comedy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Answer with reference to historical context, contemporary relevance, characters language and stagecraft.
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How does Shakespeare Create Comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream? Answer with reference to historical context, contemporary relevance, characters language and stagecraft. I am writing an essay based on the several ways Shakespeare creates comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I will start by explaining the visual humour first, followed by the aural humour and ending with my conclusion that gives an overall evaluation of Shakespeare's presentation of humour in this play. Doing this I will hope to find out how a contemporary audience still finds the play humorous just as an Elizabethan audience did four hundred years ago. Plays are meant to be performed and therefore the visual aspect of them is very important when examining an aspect of the play. They are not like books where the reader must imagine the pictures in his/her head. Some plays can be performed over the radio but they rely completely on aural skills...
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