Comedy genre
Green world
Lord of Misrule
Inversion and subversion
Tradegy genre
Plot built around a downturn in the protagonist’s fortune often triggered by a tragic flaw or error of judgement
Action seems to unfold with a horribles inevitability
Unhappy endings
Pastoral genre
Rural setting
Nostalgia for a spiritually fulfilling and innocently simple life lived in harmony with nature
Idealised promotion of a peaceful existence away from the corruptions and meterilims of city life
Unequally encounters
Powerful participant vs less
Grice’s maxims
Quantity, manner, relevance, quality