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In Act 2, Scene3 of Macbeth there is a bit of comic relief with the Porter. My teacher said that some people don't believe that Shakespeare worte this part because it has such a different tone from the rest of the story. Here is a breif summary of it, you can find it in whole in the play. The porter is drunk and hears knocking so he goes to let in whoever is at the gate. On the way to the gate he pretends he's the porter at the gate of hell and mentions a few of the types of people he would expect to enter the gate. First is a farmer who overextended himself and killed himself as a result; second is an equivocator-a person who tries to play both sides of the street by giving responses that are so ambiguous you can't tell if hi's agreeing or disagreeing with you (sort of like a politician)-last is a tailor who cheated his customers by charging them for more cloth than was used. The porter gives up the game because it's too cold to be hell. Well, I hope this helps some. Okay, and since we are on the topic of comic relief, I have a little joke for you. It has nothing to do with Shakespeare, but I'm guessing you need some comic relief yourself. Why did the monkey fall out of the tree? Because it was dead! (It's really lame) Enjoy! :-)Posted by Smiley on April 13, 1997 at 17:38:18
In Reply to "I need to know more about Shakespeare's clowns and comic relief" posted by Gravedigger on April 10, 1997 at 07:18:28
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