Tragedy+vs+Comedy

xxx and particular behind the general and abstract ||  || masks, costumes "expose" private parts (exaggerated phalloi etc.);  **emphasize** the particular idiosyncratic  (caricature masks) ||  (traditionally unenfranchised groups) ||
 * ** Comedy ** || ** comedy "turns tragedy upside-down." ** || ** Tragedy ** ||
 * mythic, heroic ||  || human, burlesque ||
 * never dealt with the "here and now" ||  || often dealt with the "here and now" ||
 * stylized, archaic ||  || more "spontaneous," popular, contemporary ||
 * high diction ||  || low diction ||
 * masks, costumes conceal the private
 * masks, costumes conceal the private
 * theme: the fall of great men ||  || theme: the rise of the "little guy"

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