To create humor in drama, one must either make witty wordplay, create an amusing situation, or use physical comedy. Often jokes may be incorporated into a play, or a comic situation may result in a series of complicated antics. The tradition for some of these comic devices has been carried over for hundreds of years, dating back to Shakespeare in the 1600's. In his play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare creates humor through three diverse …showed first 75 words of 890 total…

…showed last 75 words of 890 total…very funny. The reversal of situations are comic and the complexity of one wrong situation leading to another keeps the laughs coming one after another. In the end it all works out because Lysander loves Hermia; Demetrious, Helena. Any one of the comic devices Shakespeare usesthroughout A Midsummer Nights Dream replete with humor, but the combination, repetition and complexity of mixing all these devices creates one of the classic and brilliant comedies of all times.