Help with literature question
literary elements_techniques.docx In the “Tragedy” discussion this week, you explored the function of conflict in a tragedy and how the conflict is enhanced by certain literary elements and techniques. In this discussion activity, you will focus on comedy.
Sharon E. Cooper’s Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play is a modern comedy that centers on the quest for love and understanding. The function of the conflict in this play and the way the literary elements and techniques enhance the conflict is different from what we studied in Macbeth.
In your initial post
- State a conflict that you see present in Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play (please refer to the Types of Conflicts Found in Literature.)
- Respond to one of the following, providing specific textual references to illustrate your ideas:
- Describe a key conflict in the play and how it corresponds to a character’s development.
- Describe two key literary techniques and elements and techniques of drama that aid in developing the conflict.
- Explain how and why the conflict in this comedy is different from and/or similar to the conflict explored in tragedy.
here Types of Conflicts Found in Literature
Individual versus Individual
Individual versus Nature
Individual versus Society
Individual versus Technology
Individual versus Self
