LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
None whatsoever
|
|
|
He was so influential that the creativity of French playwrights was stymied for a generation.
|
|
|
Much like what had happened in England with the Licensing Act of 1737, plays in France at that time were heavily censored. Thus, while Shakespeare was influential, the influence was underground.
|
|
|
French playwrights recirculated his plots.
|
|
|
French playwrights revised his plots, giving happy endings to tragedies.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Though Shakespeare was influenced by the norms of Greek tragedy, his tragedies do not adhere formulaically to the norms of Greek tragedy. For one thing, Shakespeare’s tragedies frequently contain many elements more typical of comedy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare was also influenced by the world around him. He describes the sights and sounds of London in his plays. His works include observations about current political struggles, the fear of diseases, and the popular language of the city’s tradesmen and other professionals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare was heavily influenced by Marlowe in his work, as can be seen in the re-using of Marlovian themes in Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, and Macbeth (Dido, Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr. Faustus respectively).
Detailed explanation-4: -He wrote nearly 40 known plays, covering comedies, tragedies, historical plays, tragicomedies, and romances, and more than 150 sonnets. His plays were not all acted out in one place or even one type of venue; playwrights of his time had to adapt to indoor and outdoor environments and various types of audiences.