ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tragedies, comedies and histories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular play in modern times, but how did Shakespeare’s contemporaries rate his works?

Detailed explanation-3: -He wrote the blockbuster plays of his day-some of his most famous are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. It has been almost 400 years since he died, but people still celebrate his work all around the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s three most likely sources were the Geneva Bible, the Bishop’s Bible, and the Book of Common Prayer. The works prior to 1598 show more influence from the Bishop’s Bible; the works thereafter align more closely with the Geneva Bible.