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ve works: ? Tamburlaine the Great (158788), desire for power ? The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1589), desire for knowledge and happiness ? The Jew of Malta (1590) desire for money Elizabethan Drama 2. Major playwrights: Ben Jonson (15721637) ? a edy playwright in the early 17th century。 ? the 1st poet laureate (1616)。 ? Everyman in His Humour ? Volpone, the Fox Elizabethan Drama 2. Major playwrights: William Shakespeare (15641616) “He was not of an age, but for all time.”Jonson ? a great humanist, a most popular playwright of his time, a great poet, a dramatic genius, a master of language ? StratforduponAvon。 humanist。 blank verse Elizabethan Drama William Shakespeare (15641616) Major works: 37 plays, 2 long poems, and 154 sons 2. Major playwrights: Elizabethan Drama William Shakespeare (15641616) Plays: ? History: Henry IV (12) ? Comedy: Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Merchant of Venice) Much Ado about Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night Elizabethan Drama William Shakespeare (15641616) Plays: ? Tragedy: Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Elizabethan Drama William Shakespeare (15641616) Famous plays: ? Romeo and Juliet ? Julius Caesar ? Antony and Cleopatra ? The Tempest Questions for Hamlet text study (soliloquy” To be or not to be”) 1. What is blank verse? 2. What is soliloquy? 3. What is the main idea of Hamlet’s soliloquy? Summarize in one or two sentences the main idea of the soliloquy? 4. How do you analyze Hamlet’s argument in terms of structure?