Nobles ridículos: observaciones sobre la transversalidad de lo grotesco en el teatro áureo.

During the 17th century, comicity is significantly more abundant on the stage. This fact can be interpreted as an effect of the intensification of the baroque culture, which in addition to being very familiar with the coexistence of beauty and ugliness is also increasingly more prone to extravagance as a result of its break with reality and social codes. Making a distinction between the ridiculous and the grotesque, this article will explore its dramatic manifestations in some plays such as La fuerza del natural and Lo que puede la aprehensión by Moreto, and El señor de Noches Buenas by Cubillo de Aragón. We can perceive an increase of the ridiculous beyond the purely laughable in what pertains to some members of the nobility. The fact that this happens in subgenres such as comedia palatina and comedia de capa y espada is also worth noting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]