in ROmeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, although it is a tragedy, mercutio and the servants at the beginning provide comic relief since they make you laugh.
If a play is too serious and you just have tragedy upon tragedy then the audience will being to laugh at the tragedy. Not a result that playwrights aim for. So to keep them from laughing at the...
Mercutio.I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes,By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh,And the demesnes that there adjacent lie,That in thy likeness thou appear to us!Benvolio.And if...
There is phenomena in the arts (but particularly in drama) where, if you have unrelenting tragedy, that the audience will soon begin to laugh at it. This is not desired. If such happens then you have...
An example of comic relief in the play 'Antigone' is the reference to the victory celebrations of the Thebans over the invading forces from Argos. The chorus talks about the night-long dancing and...