English Literature A-Level
Comic mood and tonal balance
What Comic mood and tonal balance means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Comic mood and tonal balance
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A prevailing mood or trajectory in comedy that is not a guarantee every character benefits, since an unresolved or punished figure may qualify the overall sense of good fortune.
Topics that use Comic mood and tonal balance
- Aspects of comedy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience response and emotional effect
- Comic versus tragic structure
- Complex plotting
- Courtship and desire
- Courtship and domestic life
- Courtship and social codes
- Discomfort contained rather than disastrous
- Discovery
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