On the other hand, as the comic elements do not outweigh the tragic ones, it would be. inappropriate to label the play as a comedy.[r]
(1)DRAMA II
MODERN DRAMA
(2)SYNOPSIS
Juno and the Paycock
1 Tragicomedy
(3)(4)Tragi-comedy
Tragi-comedy is a kind of writing in which
(5)Why Tragi-comedy?
O’Casey’s “Juno and the Paycock” is a
tragicomedy although, on the whole, it is a serious and somber play having much
destruction and violence
But there are a number of comic elements in
the play which would not fit into the pattern of a tragedy
On the other hand, as the comic elements do not outweigh the tragic ones, it would be
(6)Comedy
It means there is a coexis tence in the play of
(7)Mood ~ Beginning/Somber
The play starts with a graphic description of
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