the third period (1601-1608)
Shakespeare wrote
his great tragedies (“Hamlet”, “Troilus and Cressida”, “O thello”,
‘King Lear”, ’’M acbeth”, “Timon o f Athens”, “Anthony and
Cleopatra”, “Coriolanus”), which made him truly immortal. Eveiy
play o f this period, except for “Pericles”, shows Shakespeare’s
awareness ofth e tragic side o f life. Even the two com edies o fth e
period “A ll’s Well That Ends Well” and “Measure for Measure”
are more disturbing than amusing. That is why they are often
called “problem ” com edies or “bitter” com edies. “P ericles”
represents Shakespeare’s first romance - a drama, which is
generally serious in tone but with a happy ending.
Shakespeare’s sonnets were also written during the third period
o f his literary career.
The fourth period (1609-1613).
During this final period
Shakespeare wrote three com edies (“Cym beline”, “The W inter’s
Tale”, “The Tempest”) and the history “Henry VIII”. (Som e
critics stiite, that the history “Henry VIII” is written together with
John Fletcher).
The last years o f Shakespeare’s career as a playwright are
characterized by a considerable change in the style o f drama.
Beaumont and Fletcher became'the most popular dramatists o f
that time, and the plays o f Shakespeare written during the fourth
period a
re
modeled after their dramatic technique. All o f them
are written around a dramatic conflict, but the tension in them is
not so great as in the tragedies, all o f them have happy endings
One o f the main problems in the study o f Shakespeare was
that o f the chronology o f his plays. A famous Shakespearian
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