What conventions of Elizabethan comedy appear to be overturned in this scene? In this scene, the typical lighthearted tone of Elizabethan comedy is entirely abandoned. It seems to suggest an unhappy e

What conventions of Elizabethan comedy appear to be overturned in this scene?

In this scene, the typical lighthearted tone of Elizabethan comedy is entirely abandoned. It seems

to suggest an unhappy ending, which likewise defies convention. Furthermore, with the obstruction

to Hero and Claudio’s marriage, the play appears to forsake the traditional comedic end—the

wedding.