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Which two narrative poems did Shakespeare publish during the closure of theatres due to the plague in 1593 and 1594?
Which two narrative poems did Shakespeare publish during the closure of theatres due to the plague in 1593 and 1594?
- The Tempest and King Lear
- Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
- Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece (correct)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth
What other two non-dramatic works were published during Shakespeare's lifetime in addition to Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece?
What other two non-dramatic works were published during Shakespeare's lifetime in addition to Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece?
- Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet
- The Tempest and King Lear
- A Lover's Complaint and The Phoenix and the Turtle (correct)
- Hamlet and Othello
What is the significance of Shakespeare's Sonnets?
What is the significance of Shakespeare's Sonnets?
- They were the first of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works to be printed
- They were written for a public audience
- They are a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time (correct)
- They were influenced by Ovid's Metamorphoses.
What is the conventional style in which Shakespeare's early plays were written?
What is the conventional style in which Shakespeare's early plays were written?
What did Shakespeare do with traditional styles in his plays?
What did Shakespeare do with traditional styles in his plays?
What was Shakespeare's standard poetic form?
What was Shakespeare's standard poetic form?
What did Shakespeare combine with his poetic genius to make his characters more distinctive?
What did Shakespeare combine with his poetic genius to make his characters more distinctive?
What is the significance of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Shakespeare's works?
What is the significance of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Shakespeare's works?
What is the purpose of Shakespeare's Sonnets?
What is the purpose of Shakespeare's Sonnets?
What themes are explored in Shakespeare's Sonnets?
What themes are explored in Shakespeare's Sonnets?
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Study Notes
- Shakespeare published two narrative poems during the closure of theatres due to the plague in 1593 and 1594.
- The poems were Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both influenced by Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- A Lover's Complaint and The Phoenix and the Turtle were also published during Shakespeare's lifetime.
- The Sonnets were the last of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works to be printed.
- Scholars believe Shakespeare wrote sonnets throughout his career for a private readership.
- The Sonnets are a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time.
- Shakespeare's early plays were written in the conventional style of the day.
- He began to adapt traditional styles to his own purposes and combined the two throughout his career.
- Shakespeare's standard poetic form was blank verse, composed in iambic pentameter.
- Shakespeare combined poetic genius with a practical sense of the theatre and gave his characters clearer and more varied motivations and distinctive patterns of speech.
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