William Shakespeare And His Life

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impact on the English drama. He changed it from the stiff formalism of the Greco-Roman tradition to something more realistic. His plays are more dynamic than the medieval morality plays that he use to watch as a child. However, they are more sophisticated than the plays written by his contemporaries. His most popular plays were his first four history pieces, Henry VI parts 1,2,3, and Richard III.
Shakespeare is part of Renaissance England and included in it. In the Elizabethan Era, the social classes are what marked the medieval period. People were going to the cities, some were doing well with trade, and others were getting rich. The middle class was expanding, in their expectations for entertainment, and if this hadn't happened, Shakespeare wouldn’t have succeeded. He was born in the working class, and worked his way up through his artistic and financial success in the realm of the public theater. They say William Shakespeare was the Renaissance Man, “one foot in the ...

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