SHAKESPEARE THE DRAMATIST

SHAKESPEARE THE DRAMATIST

DATE THE PLAYS

ONLY HALF OF THEM WERE PRINTED DIURING HIS LIFE TIME , THE OTHERS WERE PRINTED AFTER BEING PERFORMED SO DAITING THEM ISN' T EASY.

THE WORKS SO MUST BE DAITING COMBING 3 KINDS OF EVIDENCE:

THE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE(GIVE THE DATE OF THE FIRST PERFORMED OF THE PLAY,THAT THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE..)

THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE(IDENTIFICABLE EVENTS IN THE PLAY)

THE STYLISTIC EVIDENCE(CHANGES OF STYLE DIURING THELIFE,..)

KIND OF PLAYS

HE WROTE HISTORIES,COMEDIES , ROMANCES AND TRAGEDIES.

MAIN FEATURE OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

THE LANGUAGE IS COMPACT AND COMPLEX SO YOU CAN INTERPRETER THEM IN MANY WAYS.

CHARACTHERS

SHAKESPEARE TOOK HIS CHARACTERS FROM ALL THE SOCIAL CLASS:FROM KINGS OR DUKES TO LOWERCLASSES.

THE LOWER CLASSES ARE DESIGNATED IN GROUPS OR ANONYMOUSLY.

FAMILY TIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ALSO FIND SIMMETRICAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS:3 LORDS AND 3 LADIES,2 LOWERS AND 2 PRINCES.. .

STAGE DIRECTIONS

WE CAN FIND STAGE DIRECTIONS AT THE BEGINIG OF A SCENE OR DIURING.THIS DIRECTIONS ARE GIVE INDIRECTLY WITH  METHAPHOR OR IN A QUESTION.

DOUBLE ILLUSION

THE READER CAN SEE THE ACTION BOTH ON THE STAGE AND IN THE DISTANCE  BY MAKING HIM AWARE OF MEMORIES,VISIONS.. .

STRUCTURE AND SPEECH

THE STRUCTURE FOR S HAKESPEARE WASN' T IMPORT.

HE USED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SPEECH:FROM EVERYDAY PROSE TO SOLEMN VERSE.

PLOT

THE PLOT OF A PLAY IS USUALLY BUILD IN THIS WAY: THE PROGRESS OF A PLAY IS LINKED TO THE GRADUAL CLARIFICATION OF THINGS WHICH ARE KEPT MISTERIUS AT THE  BEGINNING.