ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of plays are Shakespeare well known for?
A
Tragedies
B
comedies
C
tragicomedies
D
Musicals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Notable examples of tragicomedy by William Shakespeare are The Merchant of Venice (1596–97), The Winter’s Tale (1610–11), and The Tempest (1611–12).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet remains to this day the most popular and the most produced of all of Shakespeare’s plays. It is considered to be one of the most influential tragedies in English literature as well as the most powerful.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by playwright William Shakespeare. Many of his history plays share the qualifiers of a Shakespearean tragedy, but because they are based on real figures throughout the history of England, they were classified as “histories” in the First Folio.

Detailed explanation-4: -The plays grouped as Shakespeare tragedies follow the Aristotelian model of a noble, flawed protagonist who makes a mistake and suffers a fall from his position, before the normal order is somehow resumed.

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