The World of Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare is known thanks to his multiple plays, for example:

Hamlet:

- Tragedy

- Longest play of Shakespeare

- Considered one of the most powerful and influential works of literature (most popular work)

- The play is setting in Denmark

- Written at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602

- Derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently.

Romeo and Juliet:

- Tragedy

- Story of two young lovers with a impossible love (family conflicts)

- The play is setting in Italy

- The plot is based on The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke.

- Written between 1591 and 1595

A Midsummer Night's Dream:

- Comedy

- Written in 1595

- Published in 1600

- One of the most popular comedies of Shakespeare

- Unnatural elements (fairies and gods)

- Ridiculous and fantastical context

- A lot of symbolism

Macbeth:

- Tragedy

- Written in 1606

- Pubished un 1623

- The setting are Scotland and England

- Shakespeare's shortest tragedy

- The name of the play refers to the main character