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  • Shakespeare's early plays, written before 1594, feature complex plots and a rich use of rhetorical language, with a blend of rhyme and blank verse.
  • Between 1595 and 1598, his plays, like "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet," show linguistic experimentation and simplified plots.
  • The period from 1600 to 1609 marks Shakespeare's maturity, with major works like "Macbeth" and "Hamlet" focusing on central themes and unique characters.
  • Plays from 1609 to 1611, such as "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest," reflect a more philosophical perspective, emphasizing themes of peace and reconciliation.
  • In his later works, influences from Machiavelli, Plutarch, and Seneca are evident, particularly in the exploration of power and the supernatural.

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  1. Opere giovanili di Shakespeare
  2. Sperimentazioni linguistiche e trame semplificate
  3. Maturità artistica e grandi tragedie
  4. Ultimi lavori e visione distaccata

Opere giovanili di Shakespeare

Plays before 1594: Henry the 4th, Richard the 3rd, Titus Andronicus, The comedy of Errors, the 2 Gentlemen of Verona, Love's labour's Lost

    Plots are complicated

    Language is full of figures of speech, a rhetorical language

    Rhymes are alternated with blank verse

These youth works are compact, with concentration of meanings

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Sperimentazioni linguistiche e trame semplificate

Plays from 1595 to 1598: A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Merchant of Venice, Henry the 4th/the 5th, Much Ado bout Nothing, Romeo and Juliet

    There are great experimentations in language

    Plots are less complicated

    there are fewer rhymes

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Maturità artistica e grandi tragedie

Plays from 1600 to 1609: these are the major works, they represent his maturity: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Timon of Athens

    There is a central theme in each tragedy

    There are single characters

    we can see Shakespeares's great ability in writing

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Ultimi lavori e visione distaccata

Plays from 1609 to 1611: The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Henry the 8th

    He is aged, so he has more distant view of life, that's why these works are romances (about love, knights, unreality, supernatural)

    We can see a sense of peace, harmony and reconciliation

    there influences pf: Machiavelli (desire of power), Plutarch and Seneca

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