What can play about inner workings of roman sense of humor

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One of the best ways to learn about what makes a culture or society tick is to study its comedy-what its people laugh at, and why they laugh at it. This week we are reading "Pseudolus" by the Roman comic playwright Plautus. Using what you have learned so far this semester, what kinds of things do you think the original Roman audience would have found humorous about this play? What can this play tell us about the inner workings of the Roman sense of humor? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to back up your opinion.

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