Comedy test 1

What are the three parts of a joke

What are the three parts of a joke

punchline, too few words, and brief

Who are the people jokes make fun of

women & people worse than us

Comedy represents people who are…

worse than others

Tragedy represents people who are…

better than others

Tragedy is a representation of a what action

serious and complete

What emotions are the catharsis of tragedy

pity and terror

What emotions are the catharsis of comedy

joy and aggression

What are the six parts of tragedy

plot, characters, diction, reasoning, spectacle, and song

What part of tragedy is the most important?

plot

What parts of a tragic plot are important

the reversals and recognitions

Reversal

When there is a change in action to the opposite in accordance with probability or necessity

Recognition

When there is a change from ignorance to knowledge among people defined in relation to good fortune or misfortune

A tragic plot shows a person who is of…

good fortune and makes an error

Tragic characters

need to be relatable, have virtues, cannot be perfect

Comedic characters

have to be worse than us, have vices, and think they are better than us

A comedic plot goes from

misfortune to good fortune

True/False

Comedy can bend but not break

Comedy can break(true/false)

false

Tragedy

a representation of a serious, complete action which has magnitude, embellished speech, with each of its elements used separately in the various parts of the play; represented by people acting and not by narration; accomplishing by means of pity and terror the catharsis of such emotions

Comedy

a representation of people who are rather inferior with respect to every kind of vice, but the laughable is only a part of what is ugly. For the laughable is a sort of error and ugliness that is not painful and destructive.

Tragic dialogue

serious, dramatic and sincere

Comedic dialogue

humorous

7 ways laughter arises from diction

homonymy, synonymy, verbosity, paronymy, parody, metaphor, diction

9 ways laughter arises from incidents

deception, making something like something else, the impossible, the possible and inconsequential, things contrary to expectation, making the characters incline to be wicked, using vulgar dancing, by bad decision, bad reasoning

What plot is this

Tragic

What plot is this

Comedic

the Ironical Man

an affection of the worse in word or deed; someone who is ironic; says one thing but means another

the Boor

ignorance offending against propriety; unrefined, obnoxious, or uncouth; opposite extreme of the buffoon

the Penurious Man

too strict attention to profit and loss; cheap, but not poor; overly concerned with saving and accumulating wealth

the Gross Man

obtrusive and objectionable pleasantry; someone who will congratulate a man who has lost something; displays a lack of manner and social grace

the Stupid Man

mental slowness from speech and action; says and does funny things

the Boastful Man

pretension to advantages which one does not possess; lies about his accomplishments

the Offensive Man

someone who does not take are of their personal appearance; distressing neglect of person; someone whose personal appearance is offensive due to bad habits

the Mean man

excessive indifference to honor where expense is concerned; characterized by behaviors and attitudes that reflect a deep seated obsession with saving and accumulating, often at the expense of others’ well being

Complex plot

has a reversal and recognition

Simple plot

does not have a reversal or recognition

Vices are either…

too much or too little(extremes)

Virtues are…

the mean