1. Shakespeare’s literary life

2. 1589-1613

3. • Comedies Histories Tragedies
• All’s Well That Ends Well Henry IV, part II Coriolanus
• As You Like It Henry V Cymbeline
• Comedy of Errors Henry VI,part I Julius Caesar
• Love’s Labour’s Lost Henry VI,partII King Lear
• Measure for Measure King John Macbeth
• Merchant of Venice Pericles Othello
• Merry Wives of Windsor RichardII Romeo and Juliet
• Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard III Timon of Athens
• Winter’s Tale HenryVI,part III Antony and Cleopatra
Troilus and Cressida

7.  Dr. Samuel Johnson:
 Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above
all modern writers, the poet of nature: the poet
that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of
manners and of life.