Loading…
GCSE English Literature · key term
Drama combining serious threats or suffering with comic elements and an ending that avoids tragic catastrophe.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Writer's methodsTragicomedy captures this mixture of danger and comic resolution. Late romance, a later critical category, emphasises separation, wonder, recovered relationships and renewal. ‘Romance’ here means more than a love story: the miraculous survival and reunions matter as much as Ferdinand and Miranda's relationship.
Paper 1
A play combining serious danger or suffering with comic elements and a resolution that avoids a tragic catastrophe.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
The Tempest, probably written in 1610–1611, belongs to the later part of Shakespeare's career. It can be described as a comedy, a tragicomedy and a late romance. These labels highlight different features rather than cancelling one another out.
