L’étude du comique chez Plaute

Abstract. Plautus comedy aims to represent the social realities of his time showing manners and ridicule in a pleasant way. The political context at the time was marked by the Punic wars; a troubled moment in Roman history. Thus, Plautus felt the need to distract his people without hurting them. To please the public, the playwright creates a theater that attracts the spectators with laughter, so that this comedy at the same time gives a moral lesson. This is why resorted to various comic procedures to achieve his objectives.