Miracle play an incident from the life of henry viii reveals the darker side of the king. 2. mystery play after a difficult courtship, kate and petruccio happily settle down. 3. tragedy everyman learns the importance of good works. 4. comedy adam and eve are expelled from paradise. 5. morality play a miracle of st. nicholas secures the conversion of the mussulmans. 6. history oedipus discovers that he is the criminal he was searching for all along.