In this post I wll discuss What is Tragi-comedy. Tragi-comedy is the unconventional mixture of kings, gods, servants, jesters, princes, fools etc. A tragic-comedy is the so called mirth and killing but it does not end in death which is enough to make it no tragedy. Yet it includes some tragic elements and becomes near tragedy. It is a play in between tragedy and comedy. In fact, tragi-comedy is a comedy with tragic elements. It is also called dark comedy. Most of Shakespearean romantic comedies are classed as tragi-comedy. Elizabethan and Jacobean concept of life as a tragi- comedy of life is an attempt to value and reconcile the conflict of vision. This conflict is deep in the mind of the protagonist in Shakespearean tragi-comedy, Shakespeare's problem plays are also a kind of tragi-comedy because they include All's Well That Ends Well. In problem play we share neither pure joy nor pure pain - it is the paradox. We are excited, fascinated, perplexed because the issues raise n...
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