So, according to my little studentkas . . .
"Most of the time, the ending to melodrama productions are happy . . . Edmond Dantes, the protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo plays the typical good guy in most melodramas."
"Melodrama is a dramatic form that does not have cause and effect. It has exaggerated emotions and emphasizes plots. Some of the characteristics of Melodrama are protagonists, hounded by villains, concealed of mistaken identities, strange coincidences, comic relief, and good always winning over evil."
"This film 'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a good example of melodrama because of how the main character Dante's later known as Monte Cristo has his life taken away by imprisonment but escapes to seek revenge on his enemies. There is also melodrama with how the men who are jealous of him show the evil in them by setting him up to commit a crime which he did not have any knowledge of his wrong doing then taking him away on his wedding day for the case to be investigated. . . I believe that this film best represents mellow drama by how the main characters have good and evil and also how the hero in the movie ends up escaping to lead to a happy ending."
Yes, that cleared that right up. No question that most of the time, mellow dramas are happy, even with their exaggerated emotions and emphasized plotting, concealed of mistaken identities that strangely and coincidentally show how the main characters have good and evil, leading to a happy ending. And remember, Edmond Dantes plays the protagonist in most melodramas, but not necessarily in all mellow dramas.
