can anyone tell me about the themes of th important shakespeare plays for eg macbeth potrays jealousy?

Question

i want to know the themes of important plays like the tempest, merchant of venice, romeo juliet, midsummer nights dream, alls well that ends well, as you like it, twelfth night and as many more as you can think of

Answer 1

There's really more than one theme per play. Macbeth, for example, has not just guilt and jealousy, but also matters of identity and ambition, just to hit the very tip of the iceberg. Merchant of Venice - religion, identity, jealousy, greed, revenge; Othello - revenge, being an outcast, etc. Hamlet - words vs. action, revenge, and so on and so forth.

The tragedies tend to show different angles of various concepts, so many of them share portrayals of the idea, just not the same facet of the idea. For example, Othello's revenge is that of a cuckolded husband, while that of Hamlet is an emotionally frozen son.

Shakespearian plays have an absolute wealth of thematic elements.

Answer 2

Actually, Macbeth portrays guilty moreso than jealousy. See Othello for jealousy.

Answer 3

Omgsh, that sucks for you, I had to learn about Shakespeare last year, AND I HATED IT! I am pretty sure Macbeth portrays jealousy, but not that much really!

-C