LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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intellectual comedy.
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play with a definite moral.
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wedding play.
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play where jokes are more important than plot.
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humorous tragedy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Farce is a type of comedy that places exaggerated characters in improbable situations where they face a number of outrageous obstacles. Farces have been around since the early days of western theatre, when the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote his comedies in the 5 th century BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Typically, the plot of a farce is a series of highly improbable events or coincidences that has a tendency to become incomprehensible due to the many twists and turns.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot. 3. : the broad humor characteristic of farce. 4. : an empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding, or situation.
Detailed explanation-4: -A farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations. 2. uncountable noun.