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Types_of_drama:
There are four main forms of drama. They are comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy,
and melodrama. All these types have the common characteristics of the drama
genre: plot, characters, conflict, music, and dialogue.
Comedy:
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Comedy is a type of drama that aims to make the audience laugh. Its tone is
light and it mostly has a happy ending. it lived through Roman Empire,
Medieval times, Renaissance, and other eras. Comedy could be further
divided into subcategories, for example, dramatic irony, farce, sarcasm, black
comedy, etc. Each type of comedy has its own audience.
Tragedy
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tragedies are one of the most common and popular types of drama. Murders,
deaths, insanity, and pain are among the most common ideas in tragedies. Main
characters usually have some kind of weakness or defect that causes their
downfall. These plays rarely have a happy ending
Tragedy first appeared in the theatre of Ancient Greece. Like comedy, it lived
through Roman Empire, Medieval times, Renaissance, and other eras.
As drama evolved, more modern scriptwriters thought that depicting the
downfall of a common person would cause the viewer to feel greater emotions
as it would relate more to a character of their own social status
.Tragicomedy:
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Tragicomedy is a special kind of drama that combines the features of tragedy
and comedy. It means that such a play may be sad but will have a happy ending,
or it may be serious with some elements of humor emerging throughout the
whole play.
Unlike comedy and tragedy, tragicomedy emerged a bit later, in the times of the
Roman Empire. They believe that in our daily lives, we have features of both
tragedy and comedy. Therefore, the drama also can combine them both.
Melodrama:
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Melodrama is the last of the four types of drama. It is a kind of drama in which
everything is hyperbolized. Usually, themes depicted in melodramas are simple
and without any unpredictable plot twists. the main point of a melodrama is not
to tell a story but to awaken feelings in the audience. They are mostly love
stories with beautiful heroines, charming heroes, and scary villains.
Melodrama originated much later than comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy. It
first appeared in France at the end of the 18th century and became one of the
most popular types of drama in the 19th century it lived to our days

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