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‘Marriage as Comic Marriage is central to ‘The most outstanding The ending of the
Closure’ Lisa Hopkins Shakespearean comedy feature of play, rushed
1998 which emphasises Shakespearean marriages seem
social bonds and comedy is its forced. Patriarchy
continuity. Marriage is pervading obsession maintained however
the expected ending, with marriage’ Viola stays dressed
but this expectation as Cesario.
however, is frequently ‘Despite the traditional
disrupted. view that marriage
provides comic
closure, this is, in fact,
very rarely achieved’
‘Marriage… focuses
primarily on the
experience of the
group as opposed to
the individualist,
isolationist emphasis
of tragedy’
‘in the comic universe
… the world not only
remains
fundamentally the
same, but it is indeed
reinforced by the
reaffirmation of that
most basic of all props
of social and
patriarchal order,
marriage’
‘Shakespeare’s Festive Shakespeare’s ‘Shakespeare’s festive Music begins and
Comedies’ François comedies bring to mind comedies revel in a ends the play
Laroque 2003 mirth and freedom by carnival spirit of Feste the late fool
drawing on festive liberty and Social commentary
traditions. For irreverence’
Shakespeare’s first ‘They praise the
audiences, holidays and wisdom of folly’
carnival periods were
times when rules were ‘Song music and lyrics
broken and social are particularly
hierarchies were important in
disrupted. Shakespeare’s festive
comedies’
, Quotes C.L Barber ‘the
songs… provide for the
conclusion of the
comedy what marriage
usually provides: an
expression of the
going-on power of life’
Mentions how Phillip
Edwards thinks ‘festive
comedies do not really
end in clarification’
‘Remind the spectator-
reader… that it is quite
necessary to
reestablish a critical
perspective after
enjoying the sweet
impossibilities of
romance’
‘Introduction: Malsen asserts that ‘Comedy was the Twelfth Night as
Shakespeare’s Comic comedy, unlike tragedy, dramatic form that social commentary
Timing’ 2004 was concerned with the dealt with
lower social orders and commoners’.
it gave them a voice. He
suggests that the ‘The genre concerned
flexibility and itself, in fact, with the
adaptability of comedy social stratum
contributed to its occupies by the actors
survival in the face of themselves, giving it a
repression. voice and placing it at
the centre of the
action at a time when
it had few
opportunities to
articulate its concerns
at the highest level of
political life’
‘Comedy… made
tyrants uncomfortable’
‘Comedy… dealt with
the dangerous
present’
‘Comedy’s
extraordinary
flexibility’
‘Marriage as Comic Marriage is central to ‘The most outstanding The ending of the
Closure’ Lisa Hopkins Shakespearean comedy feature of play, rushed
1998 which emphasises Shakespearean marriages seem
social bonds and comedy is its forced. Patriarchy
continuity. Marriage is pervading obsession maintained however
the expected ending, with marriage’ Viola stays dressed
but this expectation as Cesario.
however, is frequently ‘Despite the traditional
disrupted. view that marriage
provides comic
closure, this is, in fact,
very rarely achieved’
‘Marriage… focuses
primarily on the
experience of the
group as opposed to
the individualist,
isolationist emphasis
of tragedy’
‘in the comic universe
… the world not only
remains
fundamentally the
same, but it is indeed
reinforced by the
reaffirmation of that
most basic of all props
of social and
patriarchal order,
marriage’
‘Shakespeare’s Festive Shakespeare’s ‘Shakespeare’s festive Music begins and
Comedies’ François comedies bring to mind comedies revel in a ends the play
Laroque 2003 mirth and freedom by carnival spirit of Feste the late fool
drawing on festive liberty and Social commentary
traditions. For irreverence’
Shakespeare’s first ‘They praise the
audiences, holidays and wisdom of folly’
carnival periods were
times when rules were ‘Song music and lyrics
broken and social are particularly
hierarchies were important in
disrupted. Shakespeare’s festive
comedies’
, Quotes C.L Barber ‘the
songs… provide for the
conclusion of the
comedy what marriage
usually provides: an
expression of the
going-on power of life’
Mentions how Phillip
Edwards thinks ‘festive
comedies do not really
end in clarification’
‘Remind the spectator-
reader… that it is quite
necessary to
reestablish a critical
perspective after
enjoying the sweet
impossibilities of
romance’
‘Introduction: Malsen asserts that ‘Comedy was the Twelfth Night as
Shakespeare’s Comic comedy, unlike tragedy, dramatic form that social commentary
Timing’ 2004 was concerned with the dealt with
lower social orders and commoners’.
it gave them a voice. He
suggests that the ‘The genre concerned
flexibility and itself, in fact, with the
adaptability of comedy social stratum
contributed to its occupies by the actors
survival in the face of themselves, giving it a
repression. voice and placing it at
the centre of the
action at a time when
it had few
opportunities to
articulate its concerns
at the highest level of
political life’
‘Comedy… made
tyrants uncomfortable’
‘Comedy… dealt with
the dangerous
present’
‘Comedy’s
extraordinary
flexibility’
