What is Comedy?

In this post I will discuss what is comedy. 
Comedy is the kind of drama that entertains us and makes laugh. Its main characters are often ordinary people - people who de not frighten us. We can smile at their weakness and can easily share their joys and sorrows. Comedy appeals to our sense of humour Different kinds of comedy make us laugh for different reasons. We respond with laughter when something surprising happens that makes us happy. Unlike tragic hero, characters in comedy can
overcome the obstacles and can tackle the situation. Thereby the tragic get back to comedy and the drama ends happily. In other words, comedy may have problems or tragic elements but it gets a
happy ending. The happy ending is often brought about by good luck -a fortunate co-incident, change. More often than not, it is shown in comedy that lovers are
separated by events or misunderstanding but finally they get united. It is also shown that one tries to deny another his rightful place but finally he gets his share. Characters in comedy are often loveable characters. We sympathise with them and wish them no harm. We
laugh because we know they mean no harm. In contrast with tragedy, comedy shows life worse than it is in real life worse not in the sense that it is bad but in the sense that it is ridiculous that causes
laughter and delight. In Poetics Aristotle distinguishes it from tragedy by saying: "It deals in an amusing way with ordinary
characters in rather everyday situations". Diomeds observes that the characters in comedy are humble and private people. He adds that two of the main themes of comedy are love affairs and the abduction
of maidens.