"The ending of 'Jerusalem' means it cannot be classified as a comedy. Discuss" According to Aristotle, “Comedy can be any conversation or performance generally intended to entertain or stimulate laughter". In modern times, comedy can be found in several forms, such as television, film, theater and stand-up comedy. Johnny Byron is introduced in the first scene as a drug dealer, a drunkard, a vandal, a serial liar and a licentious. Man. However in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, Johnny is seen as a comic hero, an ancient symbol of misrule, mentally and hygienically, making him a lesser person according to the Theory of Superiority. He is purposely created to be funny and whimsical perhaps he could also be a mystical and elemental force, as seen in scene 2 in one of his various tales where he encounters a giant who claimed to have built Stonehenge and given him a golden drum to summon an army of giants in his help. . At the end of the show Johnny beats the drum before dying. The audience can therefore hope that Johnny's stories are true and that the giants really come to his aid. However, the giants are not summoned to help Johnny. The audience expects a happy ending, because they believe this is a comedy. Johnny also becomes a sympathetic character because he seems to have been disappointed and was someone the audience had learned to trust. The audience shares the same perspective as all the teenagers with whom Johnny had spent his time in the woods. We believe Johnny's stories. This causes the audience to learn about Johnny's extravagance. Contrasted with the contradictory aspect of the Theory of Superiority, Johnny Byron's lifestyle makes him a detestable character but we find no humor in this. It is 'fixed' in a rusty American-style track... middle of paper... agents arrive for the free drugs it offers. Johnny is a man for whom we feel pride, shame and pity at the same time, but such a contradictory character would be unstable and unpredictable. Aristotle defines tragedy according to seven characteristics. These are that it is characterized by mimicry, it is serious, it expresses a complete story of considerable length, it contains rhythm and harmony, the rhythm and harmony occur in different combinations in different parts of the tragedy, it is performed unnarrated and that it causes feelings of pity and fear and then eliminates these feelings through catharsis, the elimination of emotions and emotional tensions. The composition of a tragedy consists of six segments. In order of relevance, these are plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and performance. For a comedy the ending must be cheerful. Jerusalem instead ends with death.