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... tragedy . The difference between a tragedy and a comedy has often been defined as a difference in termination : the Tragedy , tragedy ends sadly for the chief characters compared to Comedy . concerned , while the comedy ends happily ...
... tragedy . The difference between a tragedy and a comedy has often been defined as a difference in termination : the Tragedy , tragedy ends sadly for the chief characters compared to Comedy . concerned , while the comedy ends happily ...
Page 92
... Tragedy , and the Elder Brother , are good specimens of joint - plays . Philaster and the Faithful Shepherdess are Fletcher's alone . The latter has the honour , together with Peel's " Old Wives ' Tale , " of forming the groundwork of ...
... Tragedy , and the Elder Brother , are good specimens of joint - plays . Philaster and the Faithful Shepherdess are Fletcher's alone . The latter has the honour , together with Peel's " Old Wives ' Tale , " of forming the groundwork of ...
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... tragedy of the Restoration ; in the hands of the many minor poets of his age the drama became hopelessly unnatural and artificial . Tragedy of the Re- storation . Dryden's most distinguished contemporary in tragedy was Thomas Otway ...
... tragedy of the Restoration ; in the hands of the many minor poets of his age the drama became hopelessly unnatural and artificial . Tragedy of the Re- storation . Dryden's most distinguished contemporary in tragedy was Thomas Otway ...
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