2006-08-22 10:36:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
All written by William Shakespeare and all tragedies.
2006-08-22 10:41:25 · answer #1 · answered by TB 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Of the tragedies, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet are the most respected. While many people think Hamlet is the best of these I prefer King Lear. Of the histories, Julius Caesar, Richard III and Henry V are often cited as his best. I couldn't tell you why, but Julius Caesar did not hold my interest so well as the others. Of the comedies, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, the Merchant of Venice and The Tempest are often cited. I like The Tempest best (and played Caliban in a school production, so I may be biased). Of them all, King Lear is by far my favorite.
2016-03-27 01:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aside from all being written (perportedly) by Wm. Shakespeare, and all being Tragic (Richard III is one of the "History Plays"); they all deal with Political Power and Murder. Julius CAESAR deals with Imperial Rome; (King) Richard III deals with the end of a British Royal Dynasty; Hamlet (Prince of Denmank) deals with fratricide (his father was the king, who was murdered by his brother, Hamlet's uncle, who then ;marries Hamlet's mother); and MacBeth deals with the lust for the seat of power (Thane) in early Scottish higherarchy.
By the way, Caesar is the Roman word for Supreme Ruler, and is the word from which Tsar (Czar) is derived.
2006-08-22 10:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by George E 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They all figure in A-Level English Literature Exams - well they used to!
Friends, Romans, countrymen? A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse, To sleep, perchance to dream, Is this a dagger which I see before me?
Some of the most famous quotes from Shakespeare known even by people who have never seen or read a Shakespeare play
2006-08-22 23:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apart from the obvious play/ shakespeare/ tragedy/ stolen stories answers.... they are all based on leaders from history
2006-08-22 10:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were all written by a man named Edward Devere, AKA Shakespeare.
2006-08-22 10:42:33 · answer #6 · answered by Edward Devere 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are all tragedies. The main person dies(I'm not sure about Hamlet but the other three named in the title die.
2006-08-22 10:40:31 · answer #7 · answered by happyjumpyfrog 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are all too long to not have an interval .
But for some reason thats how they like to do them at Stratford (or at least did). We've stopped going because who wants to sit for about three hours without a toilet break?
2006-08-22 10:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by Linda G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shakespeare wrote them
2006-08-22 10:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are all tradegies, written by shakesphere, they are all rulers of their countries. caesear was assignated richard was a hunchback hamlet was poisoned,macbeth went insane
2006-08-25 07:08:33 · answer #10 · answered by spearchukka2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋