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eternal truth?

Free me from these chains so I can see the Shakespeare, the artist, the man, if I can, imagine. To have been the writer he, the he; the him that only he himself

could have known. I want to write like he scans, not be he, thats his alone. I am him, him is me, […]

The Winter’s Tale: A sublime diptych? Or a broken-backed drama?

A sad tale’s best for winter. Mamilius, Act 2, Sc. 1, L.26.

Recognised as one of Sh’s later plays, approx. 1611, it is based on Robert Greene’s novel Pandosto: the Triumph of Time, which dates back to the beginnings of Sh’s London career around 1590-ish. For orthodox biographers Greene is the one who makes the […]

5 Act structure

1. Exposition = introduction 2. Complication = development 3. Climax = crisis 4. Falling Action = suspense 5. Resolution = denouement