In Felix Lope De Vega’s “The New Art of Writing Plays,” the thesis is found in the Latin passage at the end. He states, “how charmingly she mixes matters light with grave concerns, the serious with jest” (Vega 145). I believe this line represents the entire article as whole and describes his main point to encourage artists to go against the ancient rules and mix comedy and tragedy together. Throughout this article, Vega describes and, in some sections puts down the ancient rules for playwriting. For example, on page 138 he says, “In his Poetics Aristotle shows, though sketchily, how comedy arose, with Athens and Megara in contention which was the first to sponsor this invention.” Through this quote, he is arguing that their styles of writing