William Shakespeare Research Paper

Shakespearean Plays It is no secret that Shakespeare wrote many plays, from when the first one debuted in 1590 to when he died in 1616. However the majority of people do not know he was an actor as well as writing many plays. Shakespeare was a lucky man, he got to keep something most people lose after childhood, his imagination. He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, influenced the entertainment industry today, and left a growing legacy for himself. His imagination also brought him to divide his plays into three different categories, comedies, tragedies, and histories. Knowing about shakespeare is beneficial, in order to understand his plays. Shakespeare pulled some of his real life situations into his creations. He used his

The plots of Shakespeare’s comedies tend to have a dramatic plots, referencing back to Shakespeare's actor past. In a lot of Shakespeare’s comedies the ending results in a marriage. Marriage is where his comedies differ from his real life, Shakespeare left his wife and children, so he could join his actors troupe. However he still cared for them which shows by him leaving them things in his will (Mannis, Celeste Davidson., and John O'Brien. Who Was William Shakespeare? ). There are seven main components of a Shakespearean comedy, “A struggle of young lovers to overcome problems, often the result of the interference of their elders, there is some element of separation and reunification, mistaken identities, often involving disguise, a clever servant, family tensions that are usually resolved in the end,complex, interwoven plot-lines, frequent, use of puns and other styles of comedy” (Alliemacb. “The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays: Comedy, Tragedy, History”). Some examples of Shakespeare’s comedies are “The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, All's Well That Ends

The English monarchy took place from 1558-1503 (“Elizabethan Era” The Lost Colony,). The histories usually touch upon Elizabethan propaganda, they show the dangers of war, and glorify Queen Elizabeth's tudor ancestors (Alliemacb. “The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays: Comedy, Tragedy, History”). Shakespearean histories shaped the reputation of people in power during his time period, and the reputations he built them shape those people as how we think of them today. Those people are (but not limited to) Richard III (an enemy of Tudors) and Henry V (one of the great Tudor monarchs). Most historians claim that Shakespeare's depictions of these people are inaccurate, despite what they say the depictions still remain in people’s minds. Some examples of Shakespeare's histories are, “King John, Richard II, Henry IV (parts I and II), Henry V, Henry VI (parts I, II and III), Richard III and Henry VIII, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra” ( Alliemacb. “The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays: Comedy, Tragedy, History”). Movies that are histories include, Braveheart, Gladiator, 12 Years a Slave, and, Hidden