ENGL 105A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Friar Laurence, Traditional Chinese Characters, Tybalt
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Comedy (from unhappy state to happy state (like a msndream) class comedy: more middle class, tragedy: noble tragedy: about war, comedy: about love play themselves advertise opposition tragedy and comedy, since i cannot prove a lover , 3 figures that help determine structure of comedy: senex- old man, lady, youth. Comedic character types in romeo and juliet: romeo- lover (young man) 1. love unrequited: starts as a conventional lover (in love with rosalind) 2. love requited: sees juliet, love is requited; different from rosalind love because it is reciprocated (signifies transformation in love story) and poetry; love with juliet cast a religious metaphor signifies something different. Petrarchan love is normally not suppose to be reciprocated, its suppose to be endless. 3. love and honor: romeo sees mercutio being killed by tybalt, and he is honoring his friend by going against tybalt, who is now his cousin pg.
