Comedy. (I know!) Tragedy
No, Pericles is a comedy written by Shakespeare.
It is a comedy by William Shakespeare
Comedy and Tragedy. Although actually Shakespeare wrote as many Histories as he did Tragedies (10). Comedies were what he wrote the most (18).
Shakespeare's plays are usually divided into Comedy, Tragedy, and History.
In Shakespeare's plays, the major difference between a tragedy and a comedy is that the main character dies in a tragedy. A Shakespearean comedy can be very tragic and depressing, but so long as the main character remains alive, it is not actually a tragedy.
The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare's shortest play. Macbeth is his shortest tragedy.
what 4 genres did William Shakespeare write in ? Shakespeare wrote plays and poetry. he wrote history, tragedy, romance and comedy
He is famous for Tragedy, Comedy, and Historical plays.
A comedy is funny (ha! ha!), and a tragedy involves misfortune and death. That applies in all cases, not just to plays that Shakespeare wrote.
With some plays it is hard to tell what they are but The Merry Wives of Windsor is very clearly a comedy, Titus Andronicus is as clearly a tragedy. As for the histories, Henry V is a history which is not a tragedy (although it might be considered a comedy as it ends with the announcement of a wedding). Richard III on the other hand is a history which is clearly a tragedy (it has almost the same plot as Macbeth.)
Tragedy, Comedy and History. x