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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Humour in "Much Ado About Nothing"

         The book "Much Ado About Nothing" is a perfectly remarkable example of  a Shakesperean comedy. A Shakesperean comedy is defined as one which has a happy ending. It is also of a lighthearted atmosphere and involves marriages between characters. Ironically Shakesperean comedy is also described as having much tension and conflict between characters within the play, ofetn within Families. These are all evident in the book. Witty banter and sarcasm are also some of the humorous techniques seen used by Shakespere in "Much Ado About Nothing". Deception and  reunion among many other examples are found in the book"Much Ado About Nothing" and proves it as a classic Shakesperean comedy.
        However there are more forms of humour found in the book which is much more obvious, easy to understand and laughable than the ones I've previously explained especially in the actions of Dogberry and Verges. Dogberry and his deputy Verges are both seemingly serious about their work but to the reader they are quite ridiculously funny. Dogberry has difficulty pronouncing words just right. This is always a belly jerker. Despite their poor detective skills, they manage to solve the crime. This is done deliberately by Shakespere to have a humorous effect as it is obvious that they happened to do this by mistake. Conclusively, the policemen are comedians due to their unintelligence and unawareness.

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