Shakespearean comedies are characterized by having happy endings, involving marriages, taking place in imaginary countries, and featuring true characters. They use puns and mistaken identities as common plot devices. The document then lists Shakespeare's comedies and provides some key details about Twelfth Night, such as it being set during Twelfth Night's entertainment and involving mistaken identity through the character of Viola disguising herself as Cesario.
2. The plays in First Folio: histories tragedies comedies Shakespearean comedy: written in Iambic pentameter happy ending involving marriages cheerful imaginary country true characters “green world’’ strain between Dionysian and Apollonian values
3. Comedy subjects: A struggle of old haters Separation and re-unification Mistaken identities A clever servant Heightened tensions One plot Frequent punning
4. In Shakespeare’s comedies we can notice: Foreshadowing Foreboding human faults and mistakes: lack of generosity inability to share in the pleasures of others combination of tragedy and humour use of the lower class
5. Shakespeare’s comedies All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Pericles, Prince of Tyre(not included in the First Folio) The Two Noble Kinsmen(not included in the First Folio)
6. Twelfth Night written in1600-01 Twelfth Night's entertainment mistaken identity The main characters: Lady Olivia Orsino Viola as Cesario
