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  • Essay / Why does the ending of Jerusalem by Jez Buttersworth...

    "The ending of "Jerusalem" means that it cannot be classified as a comedy. Discuss"According to Aristotle, "Comedy can be any symposium or show generally intended to amuse or stimulate laughter. In modern times, comedy can take different forms, such as television, films, theaters and stand-up. Johnny Byron is introduced in the first scene as a drug dealer, a drunk, a vandal, a serial liar, and a licentious man. man. However, in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, Johnny is seen as a comic hero, an ancient symbol of bad government, mentally and hygienically, making him a minor person according to the superiority theory. It is intentionally designed to be funny and weird. Johnny Byron might even be a mystical, elemental force, as seen in scene 2 of one of his various tales where he encounters a giant who claimed to have built Stonehenge and given him a golden drum to summon an armada giants to his aid. . At the end of the play, Johnny beats the drum before dying. The public can then hope that Johnny's stories are true and that the giants really come to his aid. However, the giants are not summoned to help Johnny. The audience expects a happy ending because they believe it is a comedy. Johnny also becomes a sympathetic character because he seems to be wrong and was someone the audience had learned to trust. The audience shares the same perspective as all the teenagers Johnny had spent his time with in the woods. We believe in Johnny's tales. This leads the audience to apprehend Johnny's extravagance. Juxtaposed with the contradictory aspect of the Superiority Theory, Johnny Byron's lifestyle makes him a detestable character but there is no humor in it. He is "fixed" in a rusty American track...... in the middle of a paper...... the free medicines he offers are likely to come. Johnny is a man for whom we feel pride, shame and pity, but such a contradictory character would be unstable and unpredictable. Aristotle defines tragedy according to seven characteristics. These are: it is characterized by mimicry, it is serious, it expresses a complete story of relevant length, it contains rhythm and harmony, rhythm and harmony occur in different combinations in different parts of the tragedy, it is performed without being told and that it provokes feelings of pity and fear then purges these feelings through catharsis, the purging of emotions and emotional tension. The composition of a tragedy consists of six segments. In order of relevance, these are plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and performance. For a comedy, the ending must be happy. Instead, Jerusalem ends in death.