a distant time or place, and all seem more obviously symbolic than most of Shakespeare’s earlier works. To many critics, the tragicomedies signify a final ripeness in Shakespeare’s own outlook, but other authorities believe that the change reflects only a change in fashion in the drama of the period.The romantic tragicomedy Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608?) concerns the painful loss of the title character’s wife and the persecution of his daughter. After many exotic adventures, Pericles is reunited with his loved ones. In Cymbeline (1610?) and The Winter’s Tale (1610?), characters suffer great loss and pain but are reunited. Perhaps the most successful product of this particular vein of creativity, however, is what may be Shakespeare’s last complete play, The Tempest (1611?), in which the resolution suggests the beneficial effects of the union of wisdom and power. In this play a duke, deprived of his dukedom and banished to an island, confounds his usurping brother by employing magical powers and furthering a love match between his daughter and the usurper’s son. Shakespeare’s poetic power reached great heights in this beautiful, lyrical play.Two final plays, sometimes ascribed to Shakespeare, presumably are the products of collaboration. A historical drama, Henry VIII (1613?) was probably written with English dramatist John Fletcher, as was The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613; published 1634), a story of the love of two friends for one woman.In conclusion I think that William Shakespeare’s mysterious presence add the ultimate interpretations of his works. He was very versatile in his characters and their tragedies. Common everyday events wouldn’t excite Shakespeare to write the way he did. I think he had many underlying motives to write what he did. Other talents that he may have he kept a mystery from the world just like his life. ...
