13 And so they did.
CHAPTER 151 A Giant named aShakespeare invented three new Renaissance literary forms all by himself,
2 Including comedy,
3 And tragedy.
4 He thought up the idea of comedy after he read some old Greek and Roman plays,
5 Which had funny plots based on the idea that a young couple in love couldn't get together because they were always disguised as someone else,
6 And couldn't recognize one another till the end,
7 When a b"deus ex machina" came down from the ceiling and sorted everything out,
8 Punishing the bad characters,
9 And rewarding the good ones.
10 This inspired cShakespeare to come up with a completely new idea,
11 Which he tried out in a play called 'The Comedy of Errors,'
12 Which had a funny plot based on the idea that dtwo young couples in love couldn't get together because they were always disguised as someone else,
13 And couldn't recognize one another till the end,
14 When a "deus ex machina" came out of the wings and sorted everything out,
15 Punishing the bad characters,
16 And rewarding the good ones.
17 eShakespeare's invention of comedy was so successful that he decided to invent tragedy next,
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18 Which he did by glancing at some old fGreek plays,
19 Which had plots based on the idea that it would be really great to watch some big important royal personage get destroyed in five acts by a fatal flaw,
20 In the course of a single day,
21 Without traveling anywhere.
22 This inspired Shakespeare to come up with another completely new idea,
23 Which he gtried out in a whole bunch of plays,
24 Called h'MacBeth' and i'Hamlet' and j'King Lear,'
25 kAnd so forth,
26 Which had a plot based on the idea that it would be really great to watch some big important royal personage get destroyed in five acts by a fatal flaw,
27 Over the course of many days, even years,
28 While traveling all over the place.
29 Shakespeare's invention of this new form, called tragedy, was a huge lsuccess and convinced a lot of other Giants to write more tragedies than you can shake a pointed stick at,
30 Over more time than you can shake a pointed stick at,
31 In more places than you can shake a pointed stick at.
32 Nor was this all the damage Shakespeare did.
CHAPTER 161 When he saw how successful his inventions of comedy and tragedy had been, Shakespeare decided it was time for another new form that contained both tragedy and comedy.
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