... were basically plays based on facts chronicling the life of a person, or in the case of Shakespeare, most likely a king. The first period was also characterized by Shakespeare's plays concerning the Lancastrian and Yorkist kings. This allowed Shakespeare's plays to be more factual than fictitious, and contain valuable insight into the royal histories of ... 'Romeo and Juliet,' (1595) and 'Julius Caesar.' Although Shakespeare did progress in his writing, he retained some characteristics from the first period, such as continuing the chronicle dramas, as is demonstrated by 'Julius Caesar.' ...

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