Understanding the genre of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
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I can explain how I know that ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a comedy.
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The First Folio divides Shakespeare’s plays into tragedies, histories and comedies.
An additional genre - tragicomedies - has been used to describe plays which combine both tragic and comic elements.
Shakespearean comedies usually focus on love, and end in marriage.
The plots of comedies are often intricate and include a number of surprises and plot twists.
Shakespearean comedies often include slapstick humour.
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