Shakespeare created every conceivable type of character. You name it, he created it.
No, but he especially appealed to the groundlings (penny-knaves) of London with the use of bawdy jokes, bloody fight scenes, and relatable characters to the "lower-class."
Greek tragedy
He did not write any haiku, limericks or how-to instruction books.
Shakespeare didn't write stories. He wrote plays. Plays are very different from stories. Imagine if you took your favourite story and left out everything except the things that the characters say. That's what a play is like. Shakespeare was encourage to write plays because it was his job. The more plays and the better plays he wrote, the more money he made.
Shakespeare created every conceivable type of character. You name it, he created it.
Shakespeare did not write a work called "The Banquet".
He did not write any haiku or limericks.
Actually Shakespeare did not "write about" any characters at all, except when other characters are talking about them. Shakespeare created his characters by writing words for them to say and actions for them to do. He also created an awful lot of characters; if you pick up a copy of any Shakespeare play whatsoever, and look at the beginning where it lists the characters in that play (the Dramatis Personae), you will see the names of more than seven characters, guaranteed. Twelfth Night, a comedy, has fourteen characters, Macbeth, a tragedy, has about 28, the First Part of Henry VI, a history, has 37. Another hint: the names of 23 of Shakespeare's characters appear in the titles of his plays.
Abram and Balthasar are both minor characters in Romeo and Juliet. Abram is a servant of the Montague family, while Balthasar is Romeo's loyal servant. They play small but significant roles in the plot, particularly in the opening scenes of the play.
No, but he especially appealed to the groundlings (penny-knaves) of London with the use of bawdy jokes, bloody fight scenes, and relatable characters to the "lower-class."
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The contrast between the appearance and the reality of the characters gives Shakespeare's characters depth.
Greek tragedy
Shakespeare didn't write stories. He wrote plays. Plays are very different from stories. Imagine if you took your favourite story and left out everything except the things that the characters say. That's what a play is like. Shakespeare was encourage to write plays because it was his job. The more plays and the better plays he wrote, the more money he made.
He did not write any haiku, limericks or how-to instruction books.
Shakespeare got much of his information from the writings of Plutarch. But remember, Shakespeare was not a historian, he was a playwright. He used artistic licence to change the characters and their motivations in order to write a good play.