Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Humor in Tartuffe & Lysistrata. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page essay which discusses the use of comedy in the ancient Greek play by Aristophanes Lysistrata and also in the seventeenth century French comedy by Moliere Tartuffe. In both of these comedies, the playwrights use the elements of comedy to convey criticism of certain social conventions of their particular era. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khcomtl.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
as a guise for subtly conveying social commentary that their particular culture might have found offensive presented in any other manner. This point can be seen in the ancient Greek
comedy by Aristophanes Lysistrata and also in the seventeenth century French comedy by Moliere Tartuffe. In both of these comedies, the playwrights use the elements of comedy to convey criticism
of certain social conventions of their particular era. For example, in Tartuffe, Morliere conveys the dangers of extreme religious piety, a topic that was very relevant to seventeenth century
France. His protagonist is organ, a good man, who allows himself to be enraptured by the religious rhetoric of Tartuffe, who is a self-righteous, lecherous hypocrite masquerading as a religious
mystic. Organ gives Tartuffe control of himself and his household. The ill-advised nature of this situation is emphasized through the use of comedic elements. First of all, the character of
Tartuffe is greatly exaggerated in that he is thoroughly evil with absolutely no redeeming virtues. In this manner, his character is "inflated," in that it is larger than life. (This
writer/tutor was not sure what the student meant by "inflation" and "deflation" in terms of comedy and could not find a ready answer in sources online. Therefore, I interpreted these
terms to refer to exaggeration and understatement within the realm of comedy. As far as I can determine, both Moliere and Aristophanes used exaggeration, but did not use understatement.) This
is demonstrated particularly well in the scene where Tartuffe scorns Elmires suggestion that he should check to see if her husband is close by and listening to their conversation. Tartuffe
says, "Why bother with precautions such as those?/ He is a man to lead round by the nose; /And hes so glad I have these talks with you, / Hes
...