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It depends what you mean by "romantic plays". Some scholars use the word "Romances" to describe the late comedies Cymbeline, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale and Pericles. This is a highly technical use of the word, and is based on a number of arcane criteria, including the focus on the breakup of families, the kind of story arc employed, and the similarity of the plots to fairy tale and legend. But basically it means "late comedies".
If, on the other hand, you are asking which of Shakespeare's plays involve two people in love, the answer is a lot of them. All of the comedies except The Comedy of Errors contain love story plotlines; sometimes more than one. Some plays like Cymbeline and the Winter's Tale involve married people who get estranged and have to be reunited, which may not count in some people's books.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy revolving around a love story. So are Antony and Cleopatra and Othello. Hamlet has a romantic subplot.
There is a romantic scene at the end of Henry V. Part of Henry VI Part II involves Somerset falling in love with Margaret and arranging her marriage to the king so she can be near to him.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoSome people categorize a group of Shakespeare's later plays as "Romances", not because they are about love, but because they contain elements of legend or fairy tale, stories of families split apart and reunited and a structure which generally starts with a very bad situation indeed which ends up resolving happily. Usually the four plays Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, Pericles and The Tempest are put in this category. It only really fits The Winter's Tale and Pericles and earlier plays like The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It match the criteria too.
If you are looking for plays where love is central to the plot, the tragedy Romeo and Juliet is certainly one, as are the comedies Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night and As You Like It.
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∙ 12y agoIt depends on your definition of "romantic plays" but Shakespeare certainly wrote more than two of them. All of the eighteen comedies are romantic in nature, as are the tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Antony and Cleopatra. Henry V has a romantic ending with the betrothal of Henry to Katherine of France, and Henry VI has a romantic subplot concerning Suffolk and Queen Margaret. This means that well over half of Shakespeare's plays have romantic plots.
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∙ 12y agoThe four plays Cymbeline, The Tempest, A Winter's Tale and Pericles are sometimes called Romances by academics.
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∙ 11y agoromeo and juliet and midsummer nigths dream
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What was William Shakespeare's favorite thing to do?
Write poems, stories, and plays.
What encouraged Shakespeare to write stories?
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.
What sort of stories did William shakespeare write?
Actually Shakespeare wrote very few stories. Most of his plays were written using stories other people had written. The stories he did write, like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, were often fairy stories. He also wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is a bawdy farce.
What was Shakespeares first story?
It is misleading to suggest that Shakespeare wrote stories. With very few exceptions, Shakespeare made plays out of other people's stories. He also tweaked their stories and made them better. But he did not write or even make up stories.
What kinds of stories did William Shakespeare write?
Mainly he wrote tragedies, but he also wrote comedies.
What did William Shakespeare love to write about?
love
What was William Shakespeare's favorite thing to do?
Write poems, stories, and plays.
What stanza tells love?
Love stories written in loves richest book. -William Shakespeare Love can make worthless things beautiful. -William Shakespeare
What Shakespeare love stories are there?
Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer's Night Dream................
What encouraged Shakespeare to write stories?
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.
What sort of stories did William shakespeare write?
Actually Shakespeare wrote very few stories. Most of his plays were written using stories other people had written. The stories he did write, like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, were often fairy stories. He also wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is a bawdy farce.
What was Shakespeares first story?
It is misleading to suggest that Shakespeare wrote stories. With very few exceptions, Shakespeare made plays out of other people's stories. He also tweaked their stories and made them better. But he did not write or even make up stories.
What are some famous poets who write about love?
shakespeare wrote alot of sonnets about love
What kinds of stories did William Shakespeare write?
Mainly he wrote tragedies, but he also wrote comedies.
What are some love poems and stories?
There are a lot of really great love poems and stories you can pick from. Romeo and Juliet is one story by the great Shakespeare. Try looking around online for love poems.
What other stories did William Shakespeare write apart from Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare wrote at least thirty-eight plays and two narrative poems which all tell stories. In fact, the plays often tell two or more stories at the same time. You can find summaries of the stories in an encyclopedia or a book about Shakespeare or in a book like Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare which tells them in a form designed for Victorian children.
Did shakespeares parents encourage him to write stories?
John and Mary Arden, Shakespeares parents, did encourage Shakespeare
