What makes Shakepseare the best playwright ever?
Is there anyone better? Or even close?
2007-10-04 09:52:14 · 7 answers · asked by topherblah 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
All the reasons above, plus he created so many words and expressions that we still use today, that he told intereting stories in an interesting way. George Bernard Shaw thought he was better, but it was just jealosy. In English Shakespeare reigns, in Spanish Lope de Vega a contemporary of Shakespeare reigns, he wrote over 2300 plays, some of which were the same stories at Shakespeare(who wrote 37 plays) told; Julius Ceasar, Romeo and Juliet, and more. But Shakespeare is better known because his plays transcend England, but Lope's are decidedly Spanish.
2007-10-04 10:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why Is Shakespeare So Great
2017-01-12 03:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare is probably the best because his writing marks the great turning-point in English literature. His characters are among the first to show their internal thoughts, their 3-dimensional conflicts, and express them in some of the most eloquent speeches and language ever written. The stories he wrote weren't new, but the understanding he brought to the people in them has rarely been surpassed. His characters come alive on the page and on the stage and screen.
2007-10-04 16:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bard is not even close to being the best playwright ever.
He did, however, in his 37 plays, completely revolutionize the structure of Theatre, invent many now commonplace words and phrases, and leave a legacy that is (so far) unsurpassed.
Not bad for a Glover's son. Unless Shakespeare did not write the plays...........Dah dah daaaahhhhh
IF you buy in to the Controversy. De Veres, anyone?
2007-10-04 18:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by d_cider1 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All I know is that I like Shakespeare because it's funny, sad, violent, and still has great plots and messages that anyone can relate too.
2007-10-04 10:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by believer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that people read his plays even today.
If you mean "why..."
Because he speaks to the common man and yet still manages to sound eloquent and teach high-tier themes.
Plus he's funny.
2007-10-04 09:56:12 · answer #6 · answered by Topher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he posed that great dilemma: "To be or not to be"
2015-02-13 18:58:04 · answer #7 · answered by Charles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋