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comic relief

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comic relief

In literature and the media, a common device employed in serious texts to relieve tension, and sometimes to provide antithesis or irony as a comment on more serious action. One that provides all three is the ‘gravedigger’ scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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He helps to keep our lives from being monotonous and gives a little comic relief where it is badly needed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
This was the comic relief of an absurdly dramatic situation.
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