The Great Works Of Shakespeare

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The Great Works of Shakespeare
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The Works

• Tragedies
• Comedies
• Romances
• Histories

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Tragedies

• These include
• Hamlet
• Othello
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• Romeo and Juliet (of course)

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• Tragedies are Shakespeares most popular and
  famous works.
• Shakespeare used lots of soliloquies in his
  tragedies.
• This category explores the faults/weaknesses of
  humans.

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Comedies

• These include
• The Taming of the Shrew
• A Midsummer Nights Dream
• Twelfth Night

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• His comedies were not necessarily funny, but had
  happy endings.
• Although the comedies had happy endings they all
  included sadness and tragedy.
• The theme of the comedies is overcoming the
  obstacle of love.

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Romances

• These include
• Pericles
• Cymbeline
• The Winters Tale
• The Tempest

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• Romances focus on the separation and reunion of
  families rather than love and marriage.
• Endings were characterized by homecomings,
  recognitions, reconciliations, and forgiveness.
• The romances are set in mythical worlds where
  supernatural and magic and unlikely coincidences
  are commonplace.

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Histories

• These include
• First group of plays covers the time period from
  1422-1485.
• Henry VI, parts one, two, and three
• Richard III
• Second group of plays covers an earlier period
  from 1377-1422.
• Richard II
• Henry IV parts one and two
• Henry V

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• History plays are dramatic works which use
  history as a beginning point.
• They reflect real periods of history but
  Shakespeare did not write them chronologically.

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THE END!!!