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Comedy of humours is a form of comedy popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It features characters dominated by a single trait or passion, referred to as their "humour." Ben Jonson is credited with popularizing this style in England through plays like Every Man in His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour. Key characteristics include intense realism, a didactic and satirical tone used to ridicule folly, and adherence to classical dramatic unities of time, place, and action. Other notable examp
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- Janayitri Mandal
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