ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Shakespeare ( bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon” (or simply “the Bard").

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare is a great dramatist of the world. He is recognized because of his immense variety of his works. Genius and art worked together in union, and we get objects of wonder which his plays continue to be. He wrote thirty seven plays, but all are created different impressions of beauty, art and wisdom.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare is widely regarded as greatest writer of the English language, and the world’s greatest dramatist. He wrote over 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and many other works.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a “revenge tragedy, ” in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father’s murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties.

Detailed explanation-5: -Who wrote the plays? William Shakespeare has become the most famous playwright of his time. He wrote or co-wrote almost 40 plays. But he was one of many writers producing plays in London at that time.