Comedy has many forms, which should all be related in some way. Most people would agree that The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy. In fact it is classified as a comedy. How could it possibly be classified as a comedy if comedy is so open to interpretation? To say that comedy is just a philosoph

My point is that the comedy displayed in these two examples such as the way the Rich are made fun of, and the way people are put in to compromising situations is very similar despite the extreme difference in years between the two titles. This shows that comedy or at least the base for comedy has not changed much in over 100 years, yet society has in many extreme ways meaning that there must be a set of theatrical conventions that define comedy. Therefore one could not say comedy is a philosophy of life and still classify plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest as a comedy.

y of life and not a set of theatrical conventions should make it nearly impossible to classify The Importance of Being Earnest as a comedy, yet it is classified as just that. I would say for such a play to be considered a

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