ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Many of Shakespeare’s plays have historical elements, but only certain plays are categorized as true Shakespeare histories. Works like “Macbeth” and “Hamlet, ” for example, are historical in setting but are more correctly classified as Shakespearean tragedies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Histories were stories about England’s past. Marlowe wrote Edward II, while Shakespeare wrote plays about King John, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III, and Henry VIII.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Saturday 7th February 1601, when the aged Queen Elizabeth was just two years from her death, Shakespeare’s company was asked to perform the play ‘Richard II’ at the Globe Theatre. The play tells the story of the last two years of Richard II’s reign and how he was deposed by Henry IV, imprisoned and murdered.

Detailed explanation-4: -While most of his plays were written after her death, we do know she saw a few of Shakespeare’s plays and that he performed at Court.