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iris [78.8K]
3 years ago
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Shakespeare wrote many plays that were based on existing works. For example, Macbeth, King Lear, Henry IV, Richard II all draw f

rom Raphael Holinshed’s historical work, Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens draw from Plutarch’s Lives, a series of biographies about famous individuals and their virtues. What did these sources provide to Shakespeare?
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Irina18 [472]3 years ago
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Answer: These sources provided Shakespeare primarily with historical information. Moreover, Shakespeare borrowed ideas for the plot from them, and focused on some of the historical figures in his own work.

Explanation:

Not all of Shakespeare's ideas are his own. Sometimes, Shakespeare found inspiration in other sources that he used. This is mainly true for his history plays - plays that are named after monarchs that ruled during a certain time period. <em>Holinshed's Chronicles</em> is believed to have been his primary source for history plays - <em>Henry IV</em> (part I and II),<em> Henry V, Henry VI</em> (all three parts), <em>Henry VIII, Richard II, Richard III</em>, but also for <em>King Lear</em>, <em>Cymbeline</em> and <em>Macbeth</em>. Shakespeare incorporated many Roman figures in his work, such as Julius Caesar, Antony, Cleopatra, etc. While doing so, he mainly relied on <em>Plutarch's</em> work, a text called <em>Parallel Lives</em> that consists of 40 biographies of Greek and Roman leaders.

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