Editing Distraction (section)

==In fiction==
In works of [[fiction]], distraction is often used as a source of [[comedy]], whether the amusement comes from the [[gullibility]] of those distracted or the strangeness of whatever is utilized to create the distraction. Examples of comedic distraction, also called [[comic relief]], can oftentimes be found in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] plays. In ''[[Hamlet]]'', Shakespeare includes a scene in which two [[gravedigger]]s joke around about [[Ophelia]]'s death. While her [[death]] is by no means meant to be funny, a small break from the sadness helped to appease the [[groundling]]s in Shakespeare's time, as well as allow the rest of the [[audience]] to take a break from the constant "doom and gloom" of his [[Tragedy|tragedies]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Holland|first=Peter|date=November 2003|title=Shakespeare and Comedy: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lvKUm7D2vckC&q=shakespeare+use+of+distraction&pg=PA139|journal=Shakespeare Survey|volume= 56|access-date=14 September 2016|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521827270}}</ref>