What did people think about it at the time it was created?
2006-09-19 05:05:17 · 3 answers · asked by :) 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Shakespeare was a writer. He wrote plays and sonnets. He didn't invent anything.
2006-09-19 16:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by Scottish Dachsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was an author -- he didn't invent any new forms, if that is what you are asking, but he was the author of many very successful plays, now considered the greatest works of English literature. He wrote history plays, such as Richard III and Henry Iv pts 1 & 2; comedies such as Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream; tragedies such as Hamlet and King Lear; and romances such as The Tempest. They were thought highly of at the time as well.
He also wrote poetry, though it wasn't published for a wide audience. Note to above, the sonnet existed before Shakespeare, and indeed he copied a lot from Petrarch. Shakespeare popularized the form of the sonnet with a final couplet, with the following rhyme scheme:
A/B/A/B
C/D/C/D
E/F/E/F
GG
2006-09-19 12:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sonnet.
2006-09-19 12:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋