... we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. (Act III, scene 1) C Mature Comedies The romantic plays Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Twelfth Night are often characterized as joyous comedies because of their generally happy mood and sympathetic characters. Written around 1599 and 1600, they represent Shakespeare's triumph in the field ... boy Aliena, and the nobleman Jaques, whom Rosalind teases for his somberness. open sidebar C3 The Merry Wives of Windsor sidebar GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE Excerpt from The Merry Wives of Windsor The ...

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... . John had great success in his career, but that success turned to failure in the 1570's. Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden was a landed heiress. Mary and John had eight children of which Shakespeare was the third. Shakespeare's childhood is actually an assumption formed by historians. This assumption mainly deals with Shakespeare's education. Shakespeare supposedly went to the local grammar school, for ... 1600. The characterization in these plays led to great tragedies Shakespeare produced later on. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV...

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... " (1588-1599): comedies: Love's Labors Won, The Suffering of Two Noblemen from Verona, A Midsummer Night's Dream; tragedies: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet; historical acts: "Henry IV" in three parts, "Richard III", Richard II". 2. "The age of great comedies" (1595-1600): The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of The Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing and historical dramas: "King John", "Henry IV" in two parts ... , "Henry V". 3. "The period of somberness and seriousness" (1601-1604): comedies: As You Like It", Twelfth Night, All is Well Which ... ...

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