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SHAKESPEARE - Coggle Diagram
SHAKESPEARE
ONLY HALF OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS
WERW PRINTED DURING HIS LIFETIME
THE WORKS MUST BE DATED BY COMBINING THREE KINDS OF EVIDENCE
INTERNAL
STYLISTIC
EXTERNAL
THE THIRD IS THE MOST DIFFICULT
BY A COMBINATION OF THE THREE METHODS
MOST PLAYS CAN BE DATED APPROXIMATELY AND PLACED
AND IT'S REFERRED TO THE CHANGES OF SHAKESPEARE'S STYLE
THERE IS FREQUENT CONTRAST BETWEEN SCENES WHIT MANY
CHARACTERS AND SCENES
MAJOR SCENES , ARE PRECEDED BY SHORTER SCENES
MOST STAGE WERE ADDED BY THE EDITORS
SHAKESPEARE ASKED FOR THE ACTIVE COOPERATION OF THE SPECTATOR IN MAKING THE PLAY COME ALIVE IN HIS IMAGINATION
THESE DIRECTIONS WERE OFTEN GIVEN INDIRECTLY
SHAKESPERARE DID NOT TAKE HIS CHARACTERS FROM ONE SOCIAL CLASS ONLY
HIS LANGUAGE IS ChARACTERIZED BY WIDE VARYETY OF RETORIC FIGURES ALLITTERATION AND METHAPOR
HE USED ARCHAIC WORDS AND MYTOLOGICAL ALLUSIONS
THE FIRST IS THE MOST VALUABLE
IT CONSISTS OF A CLEAR MENTION OR REFERENCE TO A PARTICOLAR PLAY
IT GIVES THE DATE OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF ANY PLAY
THE SECOND EVIDENCE IS WHEN THE PLAY ITSELF
INCLUDES A REFERENCE TO AN IDENTIFIABLE EVENT
IN THE TEXT THEMES ARE HINTED
BUT THEIR REAL MEANING BECOMES APPARENT MUCH LATER
SOMETIMES SHAKESPEARE LEAVES SOME QUESTIONS OPEN
AND WE CAN ASSIST TO A GRADUAL CLARIFICATION OF THINGS
STRUCTURE IS FLEXIBLE BECAUSE SHAKESPEARE OFTEN DISGREGATES THE THREE ARISTOTELIAN UNITIES OF TIME, PLACE AND ACTION
AND
HE DOESN'T GIVE ANY IMPROTANCE TO THE DIVISION BETWEEN ACT