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Drowning While Laughing
Title: Drowning While Laughing
Category: Arts & Humanities
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Drowning While Laughing
Portia Coughlan : Drowning While Laughing
The humour in Mariana Carr's 1996 play, Portia Coughlan , richly emphasises the poignant story of harrowing tragedy because it is humour that humans rely on when the depth of tragedy runs overbearingly deep, " Comedy and tragedy , however, confront man with the most extreme situations that he can experience."(Guthke.166.)
It is through these extremes in emotions that the audience can truly experience second-hand what the characters must be feeling , their loss, …showed first 75 words of 1502 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1502 total…rich and lively tapestry of characters, characters that cry and laugh, and hurt, such as Portia.
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**Bibliography**
Bibliography
Carr, Mariana.Portia Coughlan.Boston:1996;faber and faber
Guthke, Karl.S.Modern Tragicomedy.New York:1966;Random House
Hirst, David.C.The Critical Idiom: Tragicomedy No.43.New York:1984;Methuen
Bibliography
Carr, Mariana.Portia Coughlan.Boston:1996;faber and faber
Guthke, Karl.S.Modern Tragicomedy.New York:1966;Random House
Hirst, David.C.The Critical Idiom: Tragicomedy No.43.New York:1984;Methuen
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