Theme: Serious poetry of Thomas Gray

Conclusion
Along this part main goal is to comment the comedy conventions and, specially, comedy conventions. there will be also analysisof what differentiates comedy from other genres such tragedy,Historical plays ...The intention is to demonstrate that a comedy , usually, has a set of rules that are important to follow in order to create the atmosphere and emotional landscapes necessary to make people laugh so much, that they forget their real problems for a while. However , there are other aims such as social criticism and comedies can also be used for didactic purposes since each comedy can be seen as a lesson to be applied in human lives. When an author is writing a comedy, he must know that there are a set of rules that he must follow, because, indeed those conventions /rules are what the audince is waiting for in order to start laughing . However, some authors prefer to break down those rules and shock the audince. Neverthelles comedy itself has a set of conventions which are less strict than other genres. According to John Morreall these are the main differences between tragedy and comedy: He claims and defends the high tolerance that comedy has with chaos different endings, different types of heroes... He states that tragedias are somehow, less interesting than comediesz because there is no point for ambiguity:everything is good or bad; all the events are solved with violence and death and charachters tend to bThomas Gray is the greatest poet between Milton and Wordsworth. He is called the poetical classic of the 18th century. It is he who has offered some immortal poems to the literature of his nation. 'An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is the best example of it. Gray is a great and matchless elegiac poet in the annals of English poetry. He indulged himself in the luxury of tears. Melancholy is the distinguishing feature of his poems. His poetry is full of sorrow, suffering, disease and death. As a true mourner Gray mourns the tragic fate of mankind. He always deals with the mortality and meaninglessness of human life.His 'ELEGY...' is a sincere song of mourning. Thus Gray is par excellence a poet of death and mourning.Thomas Gray is transitional poet. He showed his merit between the Neo-Classical and Romantic Age. Thus his position as a classic and as a precursor of Romanticism is established. It is said that he began his career as ClassiciThomas Gray is the greatest poet between Milton and Wordsworth. He is called the poetical classic of the 18th century. It is he who has offered some immortal poems to the literature of his nation. 'An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is the best example of it.Ist but ended as a Romantic poet.