The interplay of tragedy, comedy and the grotesque in the storm in King Lear
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The psychodynamic confusion
- The first actual scene that presents the tragic/comic conflict
- Tthe inherent comedic elements of the Fool's office
- Kent's meeting with Fool and Lear
- The bizarre figure of Tom O'Bedlam
- Lear's mock trial in the hovel
- The interplay of comedy and tragedy
- From comedy to the grotesque
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
comedy and tragedy, the two modes of Drama, are usually seen as separate and distinct. Philosophically, they are. comedy unites; it brings characters into a greater sense of harmony with one another and the universe, rewards the virtuous, punishes the wicked, and upholds the cosmic order. tragedy divides; it severs human relationships and devolves characters back to selfish instincts, disregards virtue and vice, metes out punishment in a random fashion, and tends to support the model of a nihilistic, disorderly, and hard existence. In comedy, human frailties prove important but ultimately conquerable; in tragedy, human frailties destroy, and there's not always resolution. Seen in this sense, king lear is the epitome of tragedy. However, when we examine the play closer, we see an interesting dynamic at work: comedic and tragic elements interchanging on the stage. In the third act where lear wanders the heath in the storm, the comedy/tragedy conflict on stage actually makes the ordeal all the more painful.
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