'Mistaken identities' presentation slideshows

What Makes You Laugh?

What Makes You Laugh?. 1. Exaggeration may be applied to physical, mental, or personal characteristics or situations. Exaggeration. Physical characteristics. Caricature/Grotesqueness-- Exaggerated or distorted features. Caricatures: Exaggerated personalities.

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Varieties of Drama

Varieties of Drama. Chapter 6. The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. --Horace Walpole, Author (1717-1797). Focus Questions. What are the differences between tragedy and comedy? What are some of the devices playwrights use to make people laugh?

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Shakespeare

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Much Ado about nothing

Much Ado about nothing. Themes. Pitfalls & impediments. The road to marriage is often lined with pitfalls and impediments . Benedick and Beatrice are hostile lovers before they warm to each other. Claudio doubts Hero's chastity before he is proven wrong. Masks & disguises.

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