Troilus and Cressida is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles.
The tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom. Readers and theater-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how they are meant to respond to the characters. The category of genre is one easy way in which to make sense of a play, but then naturally arises the question, but to which genre does this play belong? It has been called a tragedy, a comedy of disillusion, a wry-mouthed comedy, a satire, a piece of propaganda, a morality play, and (of course) a problem play. Unfortunately, neither critics nor dramatists have been successful in its categorization.
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