Samuel Johnson wrote the preface to Shakespeare in which he analyzed Shakespeare's style and greatness. Johnson acknowledged Shakespeare had faults alongside his excellences. Three main faults Johnson discussed were: 1) inclusion of evil characters, 2) disregard for time and place settings, 3) loose plots. Johnson was the first to objectively analyze Shakespeare's works, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses. He agreed with the unity of action but objected to strict adherence to the unities of time and place, especially for history plays. Overall, Johnson provided a classic critical analysis of Shakespeare's works that was original for its time.

1. Preface to Shakespeare
-Dr.Johnson

2. Introduction
William Shakespeare's play, Samuel
Johnson wrote the preface in which he
displays classic critical form. He wrote
that Shakespeare's greatness lies in his
style of representation of the general
human nature. His characters are neither
type of certain qualities nor are they some
particular persons of distinctive
individualistic traits.

3. Samuel Johnson explain Shakespeare
excellences has likewise fault and faults
sufficient to obscured and overwhelm
any other merit .
Three defect discussed Johnson :
1) Evil in the book or men
2) Time and place
3) plot are loose

4. 1st part
About nature and Excellency.
First practice the modern practice were
always about glorifying and old degrading
the modern. Johnson says that critic of
18 century take everything that’s old for
granted where they doubt everything that is
modern.

5. Johnson says thousands of the book
written about Shakespeare plays, however
if they only lasted for a little while they
failed.
Modern works are only for pleasure they
are dialectic.
peoples taste could change because of
time, fashion or because people
themselves have change.

6. Part 2
Samuel Johnson was the first to acknowledge
Shakespeare fault.
Shakespeare part big not minor.
Johnson is subjective in the part of essay.
The aim of the poetry to teach and delighted.
Shakespeare poetry however sometimes delighted
without teaching. For example when Portia dressed
up as men attend trails and saved Antonio which
wasn’t morally accepted for a women to do so at
that time.
Shakespeare wrote about Egypt , Italy and
Denmark etc . However we did find real different
between the character. Shakespeare good , but it is
considered a fault.

7. It was comic in his sense the character speak
same language.
In his tragedies the more he tries to give us
the weak in the plot become for example in
the hamlet the more get into play you find
the story isn't as strong as it was beginning.
In the narration of the all genres he used
many words to express simple idea.

8. Shakespeare tragic heroes always
a face gross end. For example, when
hamlet died with him.
The technical fault he neglected
three unities.
Like , place ,time .action
Although his disregard to the time
place , time and action.

9. Shakespearean comedy
A comedy often define as dramatic
composition with happy ending. It is also
define as the play aiming at the production of
the laughter, nothing but laughter.
Aristotle define comedy as : “ A imitation of
the men worse than average worse ever not
regards as any and any sort of the fault, but
only regards one particular kinds the
ridiculous which is the species of though. The
ridiculous may be define not the productive of
pain or norm to other”

10. Comedy of Shakespeare
Shakespearean comedy in the words
of Johnson and Charlton:
The comedy is not satiric, it doesn’t
conservative it is creative, the way of it
is that of imagination rather then that
the pure reason. The comedy is
romantic not only the sense that it
doesn't observed the classical rules of
the dramatic composition.

11. “As you like it”
“twelfth night” it happy comedy. It is the
mixture of romance and comedy also
includes reality.
“love's labor lost” it the comedy of
dialogue.
“midnight comedy”

12. Tragedies of the Shakespearean
Tragedy is the exploring of the man’s
relation to the force of evil in the worlds. It
seeks for the answer to cosmic problems.
Much ad religion seeks them. It is a
production of the man’s desire to believe it
a purposive and ordered universe.
Shakespeare tragic development is treated
accordingly as growth in moral vision. The
central moral theme shapes the various
elements of tragedy.

13. Central moral Elements of the tragedy
Action
Character
Poetry.

14. Deviation from the art of writing
According to Johnson that critical
justice ,without making any other
demand in his favor , than that which
must be indulged to all human
excellance; that his virtue related with
his failings

15. Part three
Samuel johnson opinion
regarding the three unities :
Johnson is the first English
writer to express these ideas.
This is the most original idea
that johnson came up with.
Johnson agreed with the unities
of the action and abject to the
unities of time and place.

16. Johnson said that unities of time and
place or not important in history play. It
is the example about a battle it is the
move to move to the hospital. By
definition history is about time, there
fore it is the impossible to have a one
day history play.
Shakespeare in his tragedies and
comedies followed the unities of action.
Shakespeare disregard two unity time
and place.