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If you were focusing on intense plays then obviously you would be centred around tragedy. In Hamlet, R&Guil are good comedy reliefs, Hamlet rips them off big time while still undertaking the theme of madness. They were funny because Hamlet told them hid full plan and they were sent to find out what was wrong with him- to add to this they were meant to have gone to school with Hamlet-which makes them of a scholarly nature. Tom Stoppard as a bit on the side wrote a whole comedy that was based in shakespeare's play- it is mainly what happened off stage to the characters and it is called Rozencratz and Guilernstern are dead. In Hamlet they were funny, in R&g they were hilarious i couldnt stop laughing, although you might do to read the play of Hamlet or watch the movie first to understand the full scope of the play. Although much ado is a comedy i would venture to say that Beatrice and Benedick take out some of the intensity with their witty teasing of one another and i found thr two guys who revealed Jon Don's plan to break up the weding quite amusing. I think they were meant to be the comic reliefs but Branagh emphized this in his movie.Posted by Michelle on April 08, 1997 at 16:12:11
In Reply to "I need info. on the funny people/actions in Shakes. plays." posted by Dree Leer on April 08, 1997 at 14:32:50
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