Measure - Comedy vs Tragedy Flashcards
1
Q
Frye
A
with comedy “something gets born” at the end: the perception of continuing happiness,’
Christain moralist veiw sees this resolution
2
Q
Bradbook
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– Comic resolution as “ a marriage between Truth [Isabella] and Justice [the Duke].” Allegroy of restorations of new testament’s justice
3
Q
Martz on the bed trick
A
“to foil the villain” — is a “standard pattern of comedy.”
4
Q
Langer
A
Tragedy is the image of Fate, as comedy is of Fortune,”
5
Q
Watson
A
The play evokes a tragic resistance to comic solutions.”
6
Q
Bloom
A
‘a masterpeice of nihlism, a comedy that destorys comedy’
