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Term 1 Week 2

1. Read hand-out //Freud’s Analysis of Comedy (Creative Spirit Booklet)// 2. How does wit create comedic situations? 3. Find examples of witty exchanges in both the plays and add to the evidence table on Wikispaces Evidence Table
 * Lesson 1: Verbal Comedy Techniques**
 * Homework Questions**

Black Comedy Clips
 * Lesson 2: Physical Comedy Techniques**
 * Homework Questions**
 * 1) Read hand-outs //The Development of Comedy// and //Aristotle on Comedy (Creative Spirit Booklet)//
 * 2) Students watch clips of Black Comedy on Wikispaces.
 * 3) Question – Which techniques of comedy does each of the clips use? Answer on the video clip page

**Lesson 3: Catharsis and Realism** **Homework Questions** 1. Read hand-out //The Aristolean Unities & Catharsis (Creative Spirit Booklet)// 2. Why do audiences react differently to this type of play? 3. Why do we consider the plays to be in the style of Realism? What elements stop them from being performed in the Dramatic Form of Realism? 4. Why does a playwright turn to humour at particular moments? Is it simply to raise a laugh?

Black Comedy Clips
 * Lesson 4: Catharsis and Black Comedy**
 * H**omework Questons
 * 1) Question: Do the plays we are studying fit into this definition/genre? How do they fit?
 * 2) Students watch clips of Black Comedy on Wikispaces again.
 * 3) Question – Do the clips fall into the genre of Black Comedy? Why or why not? Answer on the video clip page

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