shakespearean comedy

Suzanne Kirby COMEDY IN SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare’s comedies can be recognised in terms of plot, structure and characters. We can see that Shakespearean comedies follow the same structural pattern, a basic plot on which the play is based. For example, a key feature of all comedies is that they depend upon the resolution of their plots. However, Shakespeare’s comedies are distinguishable, as some are classed as comic dramas and others as romantic comedies. In …

…play. In the opening scene, we are presented with a disagreement between Hermia, who wishes to marry Lysander and her father Egeus, who wants her to marry Demitrius. In this scene, Shakespeare also makes us aware that Athens represents an oppressive society in which children must obey their parents. Egeus illustrates this when he says: “As she is mine, I may dispose of her; which shall either be to this gentleman or to her death”.