The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays

Shakespeare's plays are categorized into-

• Comedy, Tragedy and Histories

• Comedy, Drama, Histories

• Tragedy, Melodrama, Horror

• Comedy, Horror and Drama

What is a must in Shakespearean comedy?

• Happy ending

• Clever servant

• Marriage

• Slapstick

Which of the following plays is not a Comedy?

• The Tempest

• The merchant of Venice

• Much Ado About Nothing

• Othello

Which of the following plays is not a Tragedy?

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• King Lear

• Henry V

Which of the following plays is not a History?

• King John

• Troilus and Cressida

• Richard II

• Richard III

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Shakespearean comedies?

• Separation and reunification

• Family tensions

• Isolation and social breakdown

• Complex inter-woven plot-lines

Which of the following is a characteristic of Shakespearean histories?

• Ends with death

• Elizabethan propaganda

• Noble central figure and their eventual downfall

• Interference of elders

Which of the following is a characteristic of Shakespearean tragedies?

• Struggle of young lovers to overcome problems

• Ends with death

• Mistaken identities

• Family tensions that are usually resolved in the end

Which of the following plays are both tragedies and histories?

• Othello, Antony and Cleopetra

• Othello, Romeo and Juliet

• Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopetra

• The Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night

What do the Shakespearean Histories revolve around?

• English monarchs

• Dangers of civil war

• Glorifying the Queen's Tudor ancestors

• Elizabethan propaganda