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The 21 pages that link to Comedy, each with the reason it gives.

• SatireNarrower topic: Satire is a critical mode that can use comedy without sharing comedy’s broader range of aims.

• MelodramaCompared with: Comedy typically turns conflict toward reconciliation, unlike melodrama’s emphasis on danger and moral confrontation.

• TragedyCompared with: Its customary resolution contrasts with tragedy’s sustained loss and catastrophe.

• Samuel JohnsonRelated: His edition examined Shakespeare’s comic plots and their mixture of humor and moral insight.

• PlotBroader topic: Its event structure often turns obstacles toward reunion or social renewal.

• TragicomedyCompared with: Its humor and reconciliations provide one half of tragicomedy’s tonal mixture.

• WitNarrower topic: Wit supplies dialogue and characterization in comedy, though comedy also relies on action and situation.

• Breaking the fourth wallNarrower topic: The technique often supports comedy by letting characters comment on the story’s absurdities.

• HumorCompared with: Comedy is a form of expression; humor is the quality or experience it may produce.

• The Cherry OrchardCompared with: Chekhov insisted on the play’s comic character despite its painful ending.

• French neoclassical theatreNarrower topic: Its separation from tragedy shaped French rules for tone, characters, and endings.

• Literary genreBroader topic: Its endings and comic patterns contrast with tragic expectations.

• Stage actingRelated: Comic acting relies on precise timing, contrast, and control of audience expectation.

• The Playboy of the Western WorldNarrower topic: Synge combines comic exaggeration with a plot that repeatedly reverses its hero’s status.

• HyperboleRelated: Impossible claims and outsized reactions often create comic surprise.

• Musical comedyNarrower topic: Its comic structure shapes the stories and performances of musical comedy.

• Alec GuinnessCompared with: His Ealing comedies reveal a different register from the solemn military and spiritual authority of his dramatic roles.

• Stage hypnosisRelated: Comic routines often frame volunteers' suggested actions as the performance's payoff.

• ToupéeRelated: The visibly displaced or exposed toupée became a recurring device in physical comedy.

• Howard JacobsonRelated: Jacobson uses comic argument and embarrassment to address serious subjects.

• Supriya PathakNarrower topic: Her popular television image is comic, but her film roles also include serious drama.