William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright and poet who is widely considered one of the greatest writers in the English language. He wrote around 38 plays, which can be divided into four main categories: comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances.

1. Shakespeare and
Classification of his
Plays.

2. Name - Hina Parmar
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Subject - Shakespeare and Classification of his
Plays.
Paper code - 22396
Paper no - 105A
Paper - History of English Literature from 1350 to
1900
Submitted to - Department of English, M.K.B.U

3. Points to ponder
- Shakespeare
- The order of the Plays
-Classification of the Plays
- The early comedies
-The English Histories
-The mature comedies
-The sombre plays
-The great tragedies
-The Roman plays
-The last plays
- Comparison of Shakespear and Kalidas's play

4. Shakespeare
- Ben Johnson, was Shakespeare's well known
contemporary playwright, poet and actor called
Shakespeare-
" Not of an age but for all time."
- He produced 37 plays during his time and penned 154
sonnets with two epic poems.
Birth
- William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on Avon and
baptized on April 26, 1564.
- Although the exact date of his birthday is unknown, it is
traditionally celebrated on April 23.

5. Education
-Although there is supporting evidence, it seems likely that
Shakespeare attended a "petty" school at the age of five
and at seven, entered the stratford grammar school, which
according to contemporary accounts provided an
education as good as any in England.
The full time Dramatist
- In 1594 Shakespeare joined the lord Chamberlain's
company as an actor and writer, and he remained with this
throup for at least sixteen years, in what appears to have
been a harmonious and profitable artistic and business
venture.

7. Classification of his Plays
- concerning the plays that are usefully
accepted as being Shakespeare's
almost endless discussion has arisen.
The order of the Plays -
Shakespeare himself printed none of
the texts and 16 of them appeared
singly in quarto from during his lifetime
there were all unauthorized editions.

8. 1) contemporary references
with word important exceptions such are of title value the exception of course in
a book by Francis Meres, an Elizabeth and school master.
2) internal references
In the cost of the place where passages occur, passages more or less square
with head can be tested to contemporary events.
3) The Literary Evidence-
Soberly examined and taken strictly in conjunction with the statement of Meres
and dates of the Quartos this type of evidence is by far the most reliable.

9. Classification of The Plays
1) The Early Comedies
- He wrote many comedies in his lifetime, such as The Comedy of
Errors, Love's Labor's Lost, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
2)The English Histories
- These plays show a rapid maturing of Shakespeare's technique.
He now begins to busy himself with the developing character,
such as Richard 2 or Prince Hal.
3) The mature Comedies
This is the fine flower of Shakespeare comic genius. The place is
full of vitality and contains many truly comic situations.

10. 4) The Sombre Plays
In this group are All's well that ends well, measure for
measure. Though comedies in the sense that the chief
characters do not die, their tone is sombre and tragic.
5) The Great Tragedies
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear are the climax of
Shakespeare's art.
6) The Roman Plays
Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus
follow the great tragic period.
7) The Last Plays
A mellowed maturity is the chief feature of this group, which
contains Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest.
-The creative touch of making living man out of figment

11. Comparing Shakespeare and Kalidas's
play.
- Kalidas and Shakespeare to the brightest
stars in literature.
-Kalidasa's dramas Abhignansakuntalam,
Vikramorvashiya, Malavikagnimitra, and
Shakespeare'a last plays, i.g. Romances,
Pericles, Pride of Tyre, Cymbeline, The
Winter's Tale and The Tempest offer many
grounds for comparison as far as their use of
the supernatural is concerned.

12. Comparative aspect of the use of supernatural
-Shakespeare has depicted characters suffused with the supernatural
powers and divine qualities like a magician Prospera, Ariel, Caliban,
Sermon etc.
-Calidas has gone a step forward as his divine characters themselves
play leading roles in plays like Abhignanshakuntalam and
Vikramorvashiya.
-As Abhignansakuntalam the curse is of course a central supernatural
element which shows the seeds of conflict in the smooth course of love in
Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
- Similarly Shakespeare's last plays are full of spirits, heavenly Gods,
Omens and portents.

13. Conclusion
Rich, ample and graciously dignified
would be found to round off the work of
our greatest literary genius than these
plays of reconciliation and forgiveness.

14. Work cited
Albert, Edward. History of English Literature. 5th ed., vol. 5 5,
George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd., 1923.
Gamage, Swarnananda. “(PDF) Shakespeare, the Dramatist of
All Time - Researchgate.” Shakespeare, The Dramatic Of All
Time, Oct. 2020,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344862199_Shakespe
are_the_Dramatist_of_All_Time.
Ghosh, Dr. Shaswati, et al. “Interanational Journal of Education
and Science Research, Review.” Shkespeare and Kalidasa: A
Comparative Stusy of Dramatic Purpose of Supernatural
Intervention, vol. 1, no. 4, Aug. 2014.

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