Abstract
This research paper is an attempt to highlight the importance and usefulness
of laughter evoked by the comedy works in literature. This paper intends to explore
how comedy has been the best tool to elicit laughter by presenting comparative study
of Greek playwright Aristophanes’ Frogs and Elizabethan playwright Shakespeare’s
As You Like It, focusing mainly on the comic diction, different techniques, humorous
situations and events and role-playing by the memorable characters to provide
pleasure and entertainment. By eliciting similarities and differences in the two plays,
we have pointed out the role of literary texts in crossing time and spatial boundaries
for amusing humanity through words and actions of their characters. After careful
perusal of two comedies from different ages, this study has reflected that a literary
artist has the power to heal and can teach humanity how to laugh in varied situations
and contexts.
Naila Arshad, Muhammad Shahbaz , Samana Khalid. (2020) Laughter in Aristophanes’ Frogs and Shakespeare’s as You like It: A Comparative Analysis, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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