Why Blake Called the Precursor of Romantic Poetry

Blake, The Precursor of Romantic Poetry

William Blake is regarded as the precursor of romantic poetry. He belongs to the age of transition from late 18^th century to early 19^th century poetry. Some of his poems are like the poems of 18^th century poets because they give us a picture of life and society. His group of poems give us the impression of English romantic poetry because they are imaginative, sensuous and simple like the romantic poets. He writes about the beauty of nature, hills, sea, birds, tress, forest etc. which became the subject matter of romantic poets. Before the arrival of the romantic poets he wrote romantic poetry. Therefore he can be called the precursor of romantic poetry. It seems that romantic poets followed the style of Blake and gave a full expression to Blake’s romanticism.

Shakespeare’s Use of Disguise in The Twelfth Night

Use of Disguise in "The Twelfth Night":

Shakespeare was master-craftsman who has displayed great skill in the technique of the use of disguise. We find his mastery over this technique in The Merchant of Venice, As you Like It and The Twelfth Night. In The Twelfth Night Viola is the only character who assumes a disguise and her disguise affects all the other characters in the play profoundly. Her disguise is the real moving force of the main plot of this play.

Critically Comment on Twelfth Night as a Romantic Comedy.

"Twelfth Night" as a Romantic Comedy:

A Shakespearean comedy is a romantic comedy- a combination of romance and comedy. Shakespeare’s comedies have certain features in common. His comedy aims at sheer joy and pleasure. He wrote tragedies because it was his taste but he wrote comedies to relieve his mind from heaviness. Hence, the romantic atmosphere of his comedies.

Comment on the Trail Scene in "The Merchant of Venice"?

Trail scene in The Merchant of Venice

The Trail scene in The Merchant of Venice is one of the greatest scenes in the whole range of Shakespearean drama. Here Shylock  who first seems to have succeeded in his revengeful desire for a pound of Antonio’s flesh to be cut off from his bosom, is subsequently thwarted  in his purpose by the sagacity of Portia’s who is a woman disguised as  a man.

The Merchant of Venice is a Comedy of Incidents and not of Characters.

The Merchant of Venice is a Comedy of Incidents

The plot of The Merchant of Venice is a highly elaborate one. The play does not have a single plot. The main plot of the play is the Bond story and the sub plots here are the story of the caskets and the Lorenzo Jessica love affair; here we have also an under plot namely the story of the rings. With a great skill Shakespeare has woven together these various stories into a coherent whole.