What is the definition of each of the following Tragedy Romance Comedy Historical?

Answer 1

Romance--not necessarily because it is "romantic," but because it's an adventure where the hero and heroine get what they want. In Terminator II, the Terminator, like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, wants a human heart. He gets it as he makes his thumbs-up sacrifice of his life for the boy. And the boy wants to survive with his mom. That happens, too. These are Romances.Romanceis one of the two forms of literature that project what human's desire.

Comedy. In a Comedy the hero or heroine gets what each wants, but not quite the way or even in the terms that either expects it, so that can't be its defining aspect.There are always temporary obstacles, but Comedy always ends in a reconciliation. We may laugh, but we don't have to. Comedy is the story of reconciliations, of the hero or heroine reconciled with family or society. Tragedies are the exact opposite of comedies in that they deal with disintegration rather than reintegration. There aren't so many tragedies regularly on TV, because who would want to watch a society or family disintegrate night after night, again and again. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo sees Juliet lying on her grave and he thinks she's dead, so he kills himself. Juliet wakes up--she's only been drugged--and sees Romeo dead, so she kills herself. They almosthad each other, what they most wanted. Some kind of fate or bad luck had them wake at different times; they were "star-crossed," tragic figures. Othello, Oedipus, The Godfatherhave themes that are similar in this regard: in each, the main character reaches for something worthwhile and that destroys him. Tragedy.