Types Of Drama

There are three types of drama:

1)Tragedy:
Tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.

2) Comedy:
Comedy is entertainment consisting of jokes intended to make an audience laugh.

3)Tragicomedy:
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending.

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