Do Sponges Deserve Sympathy The roles of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are relatively minor in the overall plot of Hamlet However the insertions of these two characters that ended their lives with tragic or absurd death by Shakespeare was significant as these two minor characters falls are not direct consequences of their actions to fulfill their intentions as They are neither political players in the Danish court who need to struggle or to conspire to get the grasp of power nor those people who
Traditionally the plays of William Shakespeare have been classified into three categories tragedies comedies and histories Comedy in Shakespeare has a very different meaning from comedy today Shakespearean comedy includes irony ignorance self delusion and human weakness with a tone and style that is more lighthearted than Shakespeares other plays As You Like It and Twelfth Night are two comedies that clearly portray these elements William Shakespeare creates a plot that revolves around mistaken
Many people in society feel alienated from the world and separated from their fellow man while others try to find meaning which escapes them In James Joyces The Dead Gabriel Conroy faces both these problems and questions his own identity due to a series of encounters that lead him to an epiphany about his relationship to the world This epiphany grants him a new beginning Gabriels progression from one who feels disconnected to one who has hope parallels Joyces changing view of Ireland from findi
Excess is a recurring idea in comic works that is portrayed through the various actions and interactions of the characters Excess is essentially the idea of taking something to an extreme in some cases to the point where it begins to stretch the realistic credibility of what is occurring Comedy attempts to be realistic using characters that seem human and to an extent the audience can relate to these fictional beings But excess is the flip side where the actions of the characters seem artificia