High comedy is regarded as humor that is based on and reliant on intellect. It has more refined taste and is often witty; this include puns, sarcasm, dramatic irony, parodies, wit, and saturnalia. Saturnalia is an example of incongruity of character, it dates back to the Roman holiday were slaves were permitted to talk back to their slave masters for one day, and one day only. On the other hand, is …show more content…
High comedy humor requires intellectual thought processes to understand why something is funny. While Lysistrata is riddled with an abundance of low comedy jokes, there is a substantial amount of high comedy humor through the entirety of the play. The witty banter of the chorus of men and the chorus of men is defined as repartee; quick witted responses between the chorus of men and women who insult each other