FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Twelfth Night
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Hamlet
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The Tempest
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Henry IV, Pt I
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Detailed explanation-1: -In mocking Malvolio’s morality and ridiculous behaviour, Shakespeare wanted to denounce Puritans’ sober society in early modern England. Indeed, Puritans were depicted in the play as being selfish, idiot, hypocrite, and killjoy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s art tends to the ironical rather than the satirical; but there is at least one caricature in his plays aimed at the Puritans: Malvolio* in Twelfth Night.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indeed, Puritans were depicted in the play as being selfish, idiot, hypocrite, and killjoy. In the same way, many other writers of different generations, obviously. influenced by Shakespeare, have espoused his views and consequently contributed to promote this.
Detailed explanation-4: -Who is Malvolio in Twelfth Night? The play describes Malvolio as a “kind of puritan, ” which implies that he is overly moral and strict.