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Overview of Shakespeare's Genres
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The 3 Categories of Shakespeare's Genres
TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES, AND HISTORIES
Shakespeare's Layout of Tragedies:
5 fun facts about Shakespeare/his pieces
Elements of tragedies:
- Serious themes and motifs
- Death is important
- Consists of a tragic hero with a fatal flaw
Elements of comedies:
- Comedic language
- Plot twists
- Mistaken identities
- Love obstacles
- Weddings or reunions
Elements of histories:
- Propaganda for Shakespearean current events
- Contains a real English figure from history
- Embellishment of plot & characters
Shakespeare's tragedies must end in some sort of tremendous catastrophe. The hero in the tragedy must have a fatal flaw that will interest us in the character so that we care for his fate more than anything else throughout the play.
1. Shakespeare & his playwrights earned little to no money from publication; most of the money came from on stage performances.
Famous tragedies by Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
It was illegal to be Catholic during Shakespeare's time.
3. Shakespeare's first folio contains 36 plays, half in which have never been printed before
4. Aside from writing, Shakespeare performed many of his own plays, he even performed infront of Queen Elizabeth I.
Shakespeare's Layout of Comedies:
5. Shakespeare didn't go to college.
His comedies usually contain elements such as puns and metaphors. A typical ending to the play occurs with some type of reunion or marriage. Comedies also contain complicated plots, with miscellaneous plot twists to keep the audience hooked.
Famous comedies by Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It
Shakespeare's Layout of Histories
Shakespeare's histories have a historical monarch as the main character. His histories were meant for social propaganda during this time, instead of the typical documentary.
Famous histories by Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part One & Two, King John
Overview of Shakespeare's Genres
By: Ashley Mosier
Relation to Shakespeare:
Shakespeare drifted from the literary norms and came up with his own style of writing.