Genre+-+Shakespeare's+tragedies,+comedies,+romances+and+histories

Some could argue that Shakespeare was and still is to thisday the world greatest playwright. He wrote 35 plays, over 150 sonnets andseveral other poems. Some of his greatest plays were //Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth,// // [|Julius Caesar] ,The Tempest, Henry IV, King John// andpersonal favourite // [|Much Ado About Nothing] //. He wrote in all types of Genres ranging from Tragedy to Comedy.

Shakespeare followed a specific type of writing when hewrote tragic plays; they would usually have 5 acts and end in all the maincharacters deaths.Shakespeare’s tragic heroes are all mainlyflawed. He did this to give reason to their down falls. Shakespeare tragediesnormally show a noble man and focus on his end. Most of the time there downfall is caused by some sort of creature who manipulates them.