The purpose of classifying something is for the purpose of arranging it accordingly to the required class as well as category. In the Merchant of Venice classification a few characters will have to be analyzed as well as different scenes to help classify it as a comedy or a tragedy. a comedy will typically have normal character who proves to be much successful in overcoming an obstacle. In most cases, when people hear of the word comedy they expect that the play contains bubbleheaded jokes that will be sued in engaging all the audience, but that is not the case.

