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[简答题,10分] What features do Shakespeare’s plays possess?

Shakespeare is a realist. He is one of the founders of realism in English literature. His plays are mirrors of his time, reflecting the major contradictions of that time. He described the decaying of the feudal society and the rising of the young men and women who just freed themselves from the fetters of feudalism and who were striving for individual emancipation. His comedies lay emphasis on emancipation of women, which played a very important role in anti-feudalism. In his great tragedies, Shakespeare depicted the life and death struggle between the humanists, who represented the newly emerging forces, and the corrupted King and his feudal followers, who represented the dark power of the time. In his plays, Shakespeare also clearly reflected the contradictions between the rich and the poor. He showed his sympathy to the poor and disclosed the greed and cruelty of the upper class. In his plays, Shakespeare also revealed the emergence of the early colonization and racial problem arising with capitalism. He fully reflected the omnipotent power of money in the age of growing capitalism. He was far-sighted into money, capitalist accumulation and its effect. The stories of Shakespeare ‘s plays often took place in other countries or in the past, instead of in England or in his own time. The characters are clothed in foreign dresses, yet their thought, their feelings, and their attitude towards life belong to the age of Shakespeare. In fact, his characters are representatives of the people of his time. Shakespeare’s main characters are depicted in typical situations. They are typical characters. Their fundamental traits are revealed in their conflicts with their surroundings, in their relations with their fellowmen. Shakespeare’s dramatic form fits the content of his plays very well. In order to reproduce the manifold image of life, Shakespeare used a peculiar combination in his drama, combination of majestic and funny, or poetic and prosaic, of tragic and comic.
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