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Shakespeare's genres - Coggle Diagram

- - - - for example Richard 3: the diabolical Machiavellian king; and Falstaff: an energetic character best know from the comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
        
        starts to write ten history plays: to explain the story of English monarchy till the Tudor dinasty
        
        Shakespeare was dealing with historical events not too far away in time
        
        they are characterized by the struggle for power, love and property with an historical background so detailed
- - - - Shakespeare's most famous tragedy was Romeo and Juliet, written between 1594-95, and was the first tragedy to be totally centered on love
        
        set the model of for all modern love stories
        
        But Shakespeare changed again the concept of tragedy with others plays
        
        they are all studies of complex characters that take difficult decision
        
        he studies the psychological insight of character which people with an high position in society (king, prince, great commander)
        
        they end with the restoration of order, there isn't an happy ending
        
        Hamlet and Otello are considered the first modern tragic heroes
      - Shakespeare started to write tragedies between 1580 and 1590: he followed the pattern of the revenge tragedy (for example Hamlet wants to kill his uncle)
- - - - these comedies have a dark tone and character are more complex and the author wants to explore the psychology of love
        
        laughter is often mixed with sorrow
        
        Dark comedies are plays balanced between comedy and tragedy
        
        Shakespeare's final comic phase is characterized by a return to the romantic drama in a completely new idea, the romantic comedies, they showed a Shakespeare reconciled to human nature
        
        in these romances there is a contrast between old and young, (for example father and son)