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Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics such as, A midsummer's Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, and The Taming of the Shrew are just 4 of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. Comparing and Contrasting these 4 plays will help us to understand Shakespeare thought comedy was in the 1600's. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a festive comedy. The play takes place in June and this is an enchanting time. In the spring the custom is to celebrate the return of fertility to the earth. During this time the young people spend the night in the woods to celebrate. Shakespeare uses the green world pattern in this play. The play begins in the city, moves out to the country makes things better because there is tranquility, freedom and people can become uncivilized versus when they are in the city and have to fallow customs and laws and behave rationally. Comedies contain blocking figures and in this play it is Egus. If he was not in the way, Hermia could marry Lysander. Since he is causing problems in his daughter's life by trying to make her marry demetrius, this begins the journey into the woods. She thinks the only way they can be together is to run a
The play moves to the woods, which are haunted by fairies, are there to bless the wedding of Theseus and hippoyta. The quarreling between Oberon and Titania over the changeling buy leads to the king wanting to embarrass Titania with love juice by making her fall in love with a monster. The first person she sees is Bottom and she falls violently in love with him. After Hero Faints at the wedding, Beatrice is furious. She wants revenge against Claudio. Finally she and declare their love for each other which was made possible by being under tension and emotional stress and she was finally able to let down her guard. She feels out of control because she needs a man to kill Claudio. She is usually able to take care of things herself but not this time. Thankfully Bene*censored* will not kill Claudio and the truth comes out because of Dogberry and Verges. When the night watchmen overhear Borachio talking about the scheme Dogberry and Verges bring him and his comrade to their superior. Measure for Measure is a play that is very different from A Midsummer's Night's Dream. The comedy is very raw. The atmospheres of the two plays are different but they both deal with the same issue of sexuality. The plan works but Anglo go back on his words and orders Claudio's head delivered to him at once. The friar helps keep Claudio in hiding so everyone would think he was dead. The friar then returns as the Duke and Anglo's world begins to unravel. He is publicly exposed so everyone will know what kind of person he is. He has been tricked into marriage and is now a very miserable person, although he had the ultimate power for a brief time. He abused it now he has to suffer the consequences for a lifetime. 0's and of how one must obey the unwritten society, this is in action only, not mind. Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still retains her assertiveness. These four plays all have different messages, which are told in various ways. Shakespeare was so talented he could write many different types of stories with such grace. These four plays are just examples of the different extremes he was capable of. One must account also account the attitudes of sixteenth century England and the fact that the play is a comedy and is not meant to b
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