if a sad ending is a tragity what is happy ending not a fairy tail or a miricle
2007-01-15 14:58:48 · 5 answers · asked by qeqe c 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Wishful Thinking?
2007-01-15 15:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Venessa M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the basic split (in Greek and Renaissance times) is Tragedy vs. Comedy. A Tragedy tends to focus on one main character, a tragic hero, who is noble; it has more causal elements to it and an unhappy yet necessary ending. A Comedy (of which "funny plays" were just considered a subgenre) tends to have an ensemble cast of average or middle class characters; coincidence is more accepted, and it has a happy or "maintenance" ending (like, "They still don't get off the island, but that's okay").
Interestingly, we currently give Emmies for "Best Drama" and "Best Comedy," when the technical definition of drama (literature written to be performed) *includes* comedy and tragedy both. My theory is that the word "drama" in this use is short for "melodrama," which is a kind of comedy. Think about it--Grey's Anatomy, and ER, and West Wing... shows like that have ensemble casts, non-noble characters, coincidences, and a maintenance of position :-)
2007-01-16 01:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of story it was it could be: a comedy, action and adventure, drama, family, teen, sports, horror, crime,
2007-01-15 23:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by gravytrain036 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it not a fairy tail?
2007-01-15 23:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by Tito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Shakespeare they are comedies.
2007-01-15 23:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋