How do Držić's comedies and Gundulić's Osman differ as the Dubrovnik works of two periods?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Držić's Renaissance comedies show daily life with humour
- Step 1: Držić wrote in the sixteenth century and Gundulić in the seventeenth. Step 2. Držić's comedies are humorous and about daily life, and Gundulić's epic is lofty and moral. Answer: Humorous daily life against a lofty moral epic. Why not the others: The others swap the periods or merge the two works.
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