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The only convention which Shakespeare used regularly was that when a scene ended and the stage was cleared, the next scene began with the entrance of someone other than the last person to exit from the last scene. He never broke that rule.
He did invite his audiences to suspend their disbelief a lot. Obviously the stage was a stage, the women were being played by men, the time on stage did not correspond to real clock time. Audiences had to accept, at least provisionally, that the actors in front of them were Roman gods, ghosts, witches, kings and every other kind of person. The actors often played a number of roles in the same play, and the audience had to accept that although it was the same actor, it was now someone different.
Shakespeare was quite aware of this and frequently had his actors talk to the audience directly about it. One of the most eloquent examples of this is the prologue to Henry V which says basically, "I know this is going to be hard to imagine due to our limited resources, but work with us here."
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Did William Shakespeare use characters drama and theme as conventions in his plays?
Characters and drama are not conventions. They are essential to the nature of what plays are. Something without drama or characters is not a play. Themes are drawn out of the character and drama by the viewer. They are inevitable in the telling of any story. Themes are not conventions either.
What two forms did Shakespeare use when writing?
He wrotesonnets and epic poems. And plays of course.
What famous writer of mythology did shakespeare discover in his childhood and ultimayely use as an inspiration in writing many of his plays?
Ovid. Many of Shakespeare's plays were adaptations of other works of literature, particularly those of Ovid.
What did Shakespeare use as a writing utensil?
A quill pen.
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
What style of writing did shakespeare use in his plays?
blank verse
Did William Shakespeare use characters drama and theme as conventions in his plays?
Characters and drama are not conventions. They are essential to the nature of what plays are. Something without drama or characters is not a play. Themes are drawn out of the character and drama by the viewer. They are inevitable in the telling of any story. Themes are not conventions either.
What conventions did Shakespeare use when writing his plays?
Very few. The only convention which he adheres to strictly is the convention that an actor should not exit at the end of one scene and enter at the beginning of the next. When the action is continuous, you can see how that might be useful.
What two forms did Shakespeare use when writing?
He wrotesonnets and epic poems. And plays of course.
What famous writer of mythology did shakespeare discover in his childhood and ultimayely use as an inspiration in writing many of his plays?
Ovid. Many of Shakespeare's plays were adaptations of other works of literature, particularly those of Ovid.
What did Shakespeare use as a writing utensil?
A quill pen.
Did William shakespeare use men and women for his plays?
No, women were not on his plays.
What form of writing would shakespeare use for iambic pentameter?
Do you mean, what sort of handwriting would he use? The same handwriting he always used: secretary hand. Or do you mean "When did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter?" The answer is in sonnets and in a lot of the dialogue in his plays, when it was supposed to be more powerful.
Why have shakespeare's plays been performed after his death?
One of the great advantage of the concept of writing, developed about 5000 years ago, is that you can still read and use the words of someone who is dead. Thus you can still read Jane Austen's novels long after Jane has died. Shakespeare does not have to be alive for you to perform his plays because they were written down.Shakespeare's plays were not performed in order to make Shakespeare happy. People did not say in 1616, "Thank heavens Shakespeare is dead so we don't have to perform his plays any more." On the contrary, they performed and continue to perform Shakespeare's plays because they are the best plays ever written in the English language. Shakespeare's death did not change that.
What is a good website to study Shakespeare's plays?
I use Sparknotes.com
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
Did shakespeare use the word DARN in any of his plays or writings?
No, simply.
