comedy
In a comedy, one of the key goals of a playwright is to thoroughly portray character as a sort of mirror to the audience. This is in hopes that they will learn from the characters and have a good time doing so. Shakespeare does this by showing "the ugly and the ridiculous" by comparison. He creates distinct personalities, like the wise fool, who is silly yet knows most about human nature, and the courtly lover who is preoccupied with love, to build certain relationships. In the three comedies Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare uses strong-minded women and how they think and act and compares their way of thinking to the strong-minded men of the play. In each play he develops their relationships quite differently, yet shapes all of the women from the same character mold. Each of the women are introduced and played as headstrong and witty, but due to their circumstances, come together with their mates because of a change in ! The play Much Ado About Nothing involves the two characters Beatrice and Bene*censored* who offer the comparison. Beatrice is a single woman who is purposely avoiding marriage. She deceitfully gets tricked int
"Thus have I politicly begun my reign, o falling in love with someone equally as keen and egotistical as her. Her role as a woman in this play is not as controversial as others in that she brings her lover into submission by manipulation and an offensive manner. In the beginning of the play, both Beatrice and Bene*censored*'s egos are outrageous and get in the way of their want for a relationship. Beatrice says that no man is fit for her: Last night she slept not, nor tonight she shall not. That bate and beat and will not be obedient. "He that hath a beard is more than a youth, And in conclusions she shall watch all night. And 'til she stoop she must not be full gorged, The play Twelfth Night involves the two characters Viola and the Orsino, Duke of Illyria. The characters of Orsino and Viola are not as pompous as those of Beatrice and Bene*censored*. Orsino is blind to Viola's love because of her disguise. This situation leads to the main conflict of the comedy. Viola wants only to find her brother and marry Orsino while Orsino only cares for Olivia. Viola is longing for her brother and finds Orsino. She is strong-minded in that she is able to establish a shelter for herself and arranges her own marriage at the same time convincing people that she's a man. Orsino's character is lusty and full of courtly love. He sends Viola to Olivia as his servant in hopes to woo her and fulfill his empty, longing heart. Fortunately his heart is not longing for Olivia, but for love itself which he finds with Viola. This is a way to kill a wife with kindness, He is saying that taming her is just as much work for him as it is for her, and that he does what
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Approximate Word count = 1144
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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