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Comedy , Comedy
Limitations. The origins of comedy as a formal genre of drama are even more obscure than those of tragedy. Aristotle’s Poetics (after 335 b.c.… Beatrice , Beatrice •arris, Clarice, Harries, Harris, Paris •mattress • actress • benefactress •Polaris • enchantress •derris, Nerys, terrace •Emrys • empress •… Dave Chappelle , Chappelle, Dave
1973—
Actor, writer, comic
From a very early age, Dave Chappelle could make people laugh. Chappelle realized the power of his natural… Rajputs , Rajputs
PRONUNCIATION: RAHJ-puts
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ksatriya caste
LOCATION: India (Rājasthān state and elsewhere)
POPULATION: 138 million (estimate)
L… Chretien De Troyes , Chrétien de Troyes
ChrÉtien de Troyes
c. 1130–1190
Poet
A Writer of Romance.
Chrétien de Troyes is the best known of the writers of Arthurian quest r… Mike Epps , 1970—
Comedian, actor
Among comedians there once were Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and a bunch of struggling unknowns. Everything changed in the 1990s…
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