FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1562 Arthur Brooke published The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, the first English version of the story of Romeo and Juliet.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is commonly accepted that Shakespeare’s earliest essays in tragic form are Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet – accepted, that is, among those who allow that Shakespeare was responsible for Titus Andronicus.
Detailed explanation-4: -His earliest play is probably one of the three parts of King Henry VI (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), written between 1589–1591.
Detailed explanation-5: -Just so we’re clear, neither Romeo nor Juliet were real people, the story setting long ago migrated to Verona (which to this day lives off Juliet tourism), and two teenagers who committed suicide in the misty past before reproducing could not by definition have descendants.