William shakespeare (1564- 16 16) was the most important writer, outstanding dramatist and poet in Britain during the European Renaissance. He created a large number of well-known literary works, which occupies a special position in the history of European literature and is known as "Zeus on Olympus, human literature". He, Aeschylus, Sophocles and euripides are called the four great tragedies in the history of drama.

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The most outstanding playwright and poet in Renaissance England.

The most famous playwright in the world.

Four comedies in the early stage and four tragedies in the middle stage.

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Balzac, Dickensian, Pushkin, Turgenev, etc. All follow the example of Shakespeare's works. Pushkin believes that Shakespeare has the great quality of being close to the people. Dubro Lyubov regarded Shakespeare as "a ray of light in the dark kingdom", saying that he "pointed out several new stages of human development" and was "the most full representative of the highest stage of human understanding". His works "showed the most full moral ideal", and belinsky had infinite admiration for Shakespeare. He wrote in "Fantasy of Literature": "Shakespeare-the sacred and noble Shakespeare-knows hell, earth and heaven like the back of his hand. He is the master of nature ... through his eyes of inspiration, he saw the pulse of the universe. Each of his plays is a microcosm of a world, including the whole present, past and future. "