ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these works listed belong to Shakespeare?
A
Macbeth
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
Hamlet
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His 17 comedies include The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III. The most famous among his tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Shakespeare also wrote 4 poems, and a famous collection of Sonnets which was first published in 1609.

Detailed explanation-2: -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, …

Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays that scholars know of, with most of them labeled is comedies, histories, or tragedies. The earliest play that is directly attributed to Shakespeare is the trilogy of “King Henry VI, ” with Richard III also being written around the same time, between 1589 and 1591.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tragedies, comedies and histories.

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