Friday, December 12, 2008

Does it Work or Does it Not Work, That is the Question

In Frye's chart of the Theory of Modes, we can fit Shakespeare into all of the boxes in two different categories.

Comic: Myth - Oberon and Titania
Romance & High Mimetic - King and Queen
Low Mimetic - Lovers
Ironic - Bottom Weaver and Rude Mechanics.

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