Abstract:We have studied the comic element in forms, in attitudes, and in movements generally ; now let us look for it in actions and in situations. We encounter, indeed, this kind of comic readily enough in everyday life. It is not here, however, that it best lends itself to analysis.Assuming that the stage is both a magnified and a simplified view of life, we shall find that comedy is capable of furnishing us with more information than real life on this particular part of our subject.Perhaps we ought even to carry si… Show more
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