ENG100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: House Of Tudor, Raphael Holinshed, Main Plot
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History plays: do not include other play of shakespeare"s that derive from history (e. g. macbeth, coriolanus, etc) These plays are not written in chorological order. Shakespeare doesn"t start out with the idea of completion. Starts out with 2nd part of henry vi before the 1st part. Belies that shakespeare did not have an overarching idea when writing the play. Did not have a big picture/have a master plan for his plays. Plays written later are better because of shakespeare"s experience. Plays are dynastic - concerned with how power is transferred (through blood, sometimes violence) Raphael holinshed, chronicles of england, scotland, and ireland (1577, shakespeare used the. Author wanted to write about history of entire world, but had to scale it down. Edward hall, the union of the two noble & illustrate families of lancaster & york (1548) When looking at events leading to tudor ascending throne, they depicted the. Tudor"s as helping out british isles more, compared to previous leaders.
