Comedy In General light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy (from the Greek
κωμωδία, komodia) as a popular meaning is any humorous discourse generally
intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy.
Comedy themed Plays Alls Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for
Measure Merchant of
Venice Merry Wives
of Windsor Midsummer
Nights Dream Much Ado
About Nothing
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen
of Veronay Winter's Tale
Tragedy is a drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some
superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity.
Tragedy themed PlaysAntony
and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus
Andronicus Plotthe pattern of events and situations in a narrative or dramatic work, as
selected and arranged both to emphasize relationships usually of cause and
effect between incidents and to elicit a particular kind of interest in the
reader or audience, such as surprise or suspense.
ConflictOpposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction,
especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
The Tragic HeroA
tragic hero is the main
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]in a
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط].
The modern use of the term usually involves the notion that such a hero make an
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]in their actions that leads to their downfall.
The Jew Of MaltaBy Christopher MarloweThe play is set on the island of Malta
in the Mediterranean Sea. In the opening act,
the Turkish sultan's son Selim
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]arrives to exact Malta's
tribute. The tribute has been neglected for the past ten years, so it has
accumulated to a considerable sum. The Maltese governor
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]cannot produce the funds immediately, but he promises to pay within a month.
After the Turks leave, Ferneze decides to collect the tribute from the Jews of
Malta: each Jew must give up half of his estate.
The protagonist
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]protests strongly, so his entire estate is confiscated. Barabas plots to
retrieve part of his fortune through his daughter
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط],
and the two young men
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]and
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]each set out to win Abigall's heart.
Having uttered a false
confession, Abigall gains entrance to the nunnery (formerly Barabas's mansion)
and retrieves her father's hidden fortune. In the meantime, the Spanish
vice-admiral
Martin del
Bosco convinces Ferneze to break Malta's
league with Turkey,
promising to write the Spanish king for military aid from Spain against the Turks. Del Bosco
also sells Ferneze the slaves he has in cargo, and Barabas ends up buying the
Turkish slave
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]at the marketplace.
At the marketplace, Barabas
also runs into Mathias and Lodowick severally. Each young man desires to see
Abigall, and Barabas promises his favors to each. Barabas thus contrives a plot
to have Mathias and Lodowick kill each other. Ithamore delivers counterfeit
letters to Mathias and Lodowick, who finally confront and stab each other.
Learning of her father's
scheming-and the death of her lover Mathias-Abigall decides to enter the
nunnery once again. Now afraid that Abigall will betray the truth, Barabas
poisons all the nuns with a porridge of rice. Abigall is the last to die.
Before she dies, she manages to hand friar Barnardine a written confession of
her father's crimes. The friars resolve to confront Barabas after they bury the
nuns.
Meanwhile, the Turkish
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]have arrived. In response to Ferneze's refusal to pay, they declare war on Malta.
The friars Jacomo and
Barnardine arrive at Barabas's house and insinuate that they know about the
Jew's crimes. In response, Barabas proclaims that he would like to repent and
become a Christian. Naturally, he will contribute the entirety of his fortune
to whichever monastery he enters. The two friars, being from different
monasteries, thus fight to win Barabas's allegiance, each hoping to benefit
from Barabas's considerable fortune. Barabas once again has set a trap; he will
be able able to kill both of the friars without arousing suspicion.
As the Jew's accomplice, however,
Ithamore knows plenty of incriminating information. Once he is seduced by the
courtesan
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط],
Ithamore begins to blackmail Barabas with threats to confess if the Jew does not
send him gold. In the last scene of the fourth act, Barabas arrives at
Bellamira's house in the disguise of a French musician and poisons his
blackmailers.
In the final act, Ferneze
prepares to defend Malta
against the Turks. Ithamore, Bellamira, and her attendant
[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط] enter and all play their
parts in revealing Barabas's crimes, but the Jew's poison takes effect and they
all fall dead.
Barabas meanwhile has been
captured, but he feigns death through the ruse of a drug. He finds himself
dumped outside the city walls. The Jew thus betrays Malta and leads the Turks into the
city. He takes a new position as governor but finds it undesirable, so he
decides to return Malta
to Ferneze and contrives now to massacre the Turkish forces. The Turkish troops
too succumb to the Jew's trap.
But Ferneze turns the tables
on Barabas at the last moment, and Barabas dies. Ferneze takes Calymath as a
prisoner in order to ensure Malta's
future safety.
Merchant of Venice
By William
ShakespeareIn a street of Venice, the merchant
Antonio laments that he is sad but knows not why. His friends, Solanio and
Salerio try to cheer him up, to no avail. More friends, Lorenzo and Gratiano
also try and fail. Antonio's friend, Bassanio, informs him that he intends to
seek the wealthy Portia's hand in marriage, yet needs financial backing.
Antonio, though reluctant, offers Bassanio 3,000 ducats (money) to help him. At
Belmont,
Portia's house, she laments to her servant, Nerissa, that she fears a suitor
she dislikes will pursue her hand in marriage. Per her late father's will, the
suitor must choose the correct of three chests (gold, silver, and lead), and
then, if correct, he may marry Portia. She likes none of her six suitors, but
wishes Bassanio would come and choose the correct chest. Back in Venice, after much
begging, Bassanio convinces the merchant Shylock the Jew to lend him 3000
ducats, with Antonio putting up his property as the bond. Although Shylock hates
Antonio, he lends the money anyway, hoping Antonio will default on the loan.
Antonio, though, has confidence one of his ocean vessels will come to port one
month before the three month deadline.
The Moroccan prince arrives
at Belmont to
woo Portia and learns that if he chooses the wrong chest, he must swear to
never ask any woman to marry him. Back in Venice,
Launcelot Gobbo, a clown and Shylock's servant, tells his father, old Gobbo,
that he wishes to leave Shylock and work for Bassanio. Bassanio agrees to it
and instructs his servant Leonardo to prepare dinner for him and Shylock.
Gratiano then arrives and tells Bassanio he'll help him win over Portia.
Shylock's daughter, Jessica, gives a love letter to Launcelot to deliver to
Antonio's Christian friend Lorenzo. In the letter, Lorenzo learns that Jessica
will pretend to be a male torchbearer for him at the supper between Antonio and
Shylock. Shylock, going to the supper, leaves his house keys with his daughter,
Jessica, warning her not to take part in the evening's Christian activities.
Later that night, Gratiano, Salerio, and Lorenzo meet outside Shylock's house
to get Jessica. After Lorenzo and Jessica unite, they all head to meet Bassanio
on Antonio's ship to sail to Portia's. At Portia's house, the Moroccan prince
chooses a chest to open. Each has an inscription, and only the correct one
contains Portia's picture. He chooses incorrectly (the gold one), and leaves
defeated. Salerio assures Solanio that Lorenzo and Jessica were not on the ship
with Bassanio and Gratiano, and they are thus missing. Shylock, of course,
wants his money and his daughter back. At Portia's house, the Prince of Aragon
arrives and chooses the silver chest, also the wrong one. Again, he must swear
to never woo any maid in marriage and to never tell a soul which chest he
opened.
Solanio and Salerio confirm
that Antonio's ship has sunk. They then make fun of Shylock for his predicament
of losing his daughters. Shylock then laments of his monetary loss to another
Jew, Tubal, yet rejoices that Antonio is sure to default on his loan. At
Portia's house, she begs Bassanio to wait in choosing so that she may spend
time with him, in case he chooses wrong. He correctly chooses the lead casket,
though, and wins Portia's hand in marriage. To seal the union, Portia gives
Bassanio a ring, warning that he should never lose it or give it away, lest he
risk losing her love for him. Gratiano then announces his intention to wed
Nerissa. Next, Salerio, Lorenzo, and Jessica arrive, informing Bassanio that
Antonio lost his ships, and, furthermore, that Shylock is viciously declaring
forfeiture of the bond by Antonio. Bassanio leaves for Venice to repay the loan. In Venice, Shylock has
Antonio arrested for failure to repay the loan. At Belmont, Portia tells Lorenzo and Jessica to
manage her house while she and Nerissa go to a monastery until Bassanio
returns. In fact, though, she and Nerissa will disguise themselves as young men
and travel to Venice.
At a Venetian court, the Duke
presides over the sentencing hearing of Antonio wherein Shylock intends to cut
"a pound of flesh from Antonio's breast" since the due date has past
and that was the terms of the bond, even though Bassanio offers him 6,000
ducats for repayment. Nerissa and Portia, disguised as a court clerk and doctor
of civil law respectively, arrive at the court. Gratiano, Bassanio, the Duke,
and Portia try to dissuade Shylock, to no avail. Yet, Portia points out that
the deed calls for no blood to be shed and exactly one pound to be taken, lest
Shylock be guilty of not following the bond himself. Shylock, realizing this is
impossible, recants and simply requests 9,000 ducats. Portia then reveals that
Shylock is himself guilty of a crime; namely, conspiring to kill another
citizen, i.e. Antonio. As punishment, the Duke and Antonio decide that Shylock
must give half his belongings to the court; keep the other half for himself and
promise to give all his remaining belongings to his daughter and son-in-law
(Lorenzo) upon his death; and become a Christian. With no other choice, Shylock
agrees. As Portia (as the doctor of civil law) leaves, Bassanio offers her a
monetary gift. Portia turns this down, instead requesting Bassanio's gloves and
wedding ring instead. Bassanio, due to his vow, hesitates on the ring, but
reluctantly gives it after much prodding by Antonio. Nerissa (disguised as a
court clerk), vows to try to get her husband (Gratiano) to give her his wedding
ring.
At Belmont, Lorenzo and Jessica share a peaceful
night together. The next morning, Bassanio and Portia, and Gratiano and Nerissa
reunite. After quarreling over the loss of rings, the women admit of their ruse
and return the rings to their husbands. Further, they inform Antonio that three
of his ships have come to port full of merchandise. Finally, they give the deed
to Jessica and Lorenzo promising to give them Shylock's money and possessions
upon his death.
The Blot Of Child Born Charges were dismissed this
morning against a Buffalo
man accused of trying to "buy" a 4-year-old girl for a sex film.
Buffalo City Judge Debra L.
Givens dismissed the atempted rape and other charges against Joseph A. Koehn at
the request of Erie County Prosecutor Aaron F. Glazer.
Koehn, 26, of Esser Avenue, has
been in federal custody since his mid-August arrest in a sting operation run by
FBI agents and the Buffalo
police Sex Offenses Squad.
Glazer and Rosanne Eimer
Johnson, chief of the Erie
County DA's
Special Victims Bureau, said the state charges could be relodged against Koehn
if his federal case comes undone.
Koehn, already a registered
sex offender for earlier incidents with an underage girl, was arrested after
authorities said he sent e-mails and text messages sent to an undercover
investigator offering to pay thousands of dollars to obtain a 4-year-old girl
to star in a pornographic film.
HamletPrince Hamlet mourns both his father's death and his mother, Queen
Gertrude's remarriage to Claudius. The ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him
and tells him that Claudius has poisoned him. Hamlet swears revenge. He
arranges an old play whose story has a parallel to that of Claudius. Hamlet's
behaviour is considered mad. He kills the eavesdropping Polonius, the court
chamberlain, by thrusting his sword through a curtain. Polonius's son Laertes
returns to Denmark
to avenge his father's death. Polonius's daughter Ophelia loves the Prince but
his brutal behaviour drives her to madness. Ophelia dies by drowning. A duel
takes place and ends with the death of Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet.
The themes discussed in the plot include indecision, seeking revenge and
retribution, deception, ambition, loyalty and fate.