Is Scandal a Comedy of Situation or a Comedy of Character?

School, though containing hilarious characters like Crabtree and Sir Backbite, creates more of its comedy through the use of hilarious events and inventive twists of preconceived notions. The most remarkable of the play's jokes, the scene wherein a hiding Lady Teazle is exposed from behind a screen, speaks volumes as to the type of comedy School is. Using characters that often aren't very funny demonstrates the writer's confidence in the capability of the joke's setting and in its inevitability. …