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Comedy and Tragedy

When discussing a drama, an individual’s first thought is of whether or not the drama is a comedy or a tragedy. These are the two basic forms of categorizing drama, and it divides it in immense forms. Although you cannot classify all of drama under two categories without being explicitly broad, it is possible to break drama down into one of the forms. These two all-inclusive dramatic modes are the most common when asked to classify. There are many factors in which comedy and tragedy become easily to distinct, but there are also many differences as well.
Comedy generally depicts human weaknesses in a comical way. It mocks the faults that humans experience on a day to day basis. Since nobody is perfect, in one way or another, we can all relate. This generally brings an atmosphere of joy and laughter to a person interpreting the comedy. Comedy exhibits the absurdity in things such as hypocrisy and vanity in people and often misconceptions in life. Antidotes for human ...

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