The Merry Wives of Windsor
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"The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a comedy by Shakespeare. It has a strong flavor of life and brings the emerging bourgeois family life to the stage. Engels once pointed out: "The first act of The Merry Wives of Windsor alone contains more flavor of life than all German literature." In the 19th century, the famous composer Otto Nicolai composed it into an opera, and it became one of the most popular and frequently performed operas. The period from 1590 to 1613 was the golden age of Shakespeare's creation. His early plays, mainly comedies and historical dramas, reached their peak of depth and artistry in the late 16th century. By 1608, he was mainly writing tragedies. Shakespeare advocated noble sentiments, and his tragedies often described sacrifice and revenge, including "Othello", "Hamlet", "King Lear" and "Macbeth", which are considered among the best examples in the English language. Towards the end of his life, he began to write tragicomedies, also known as romance plays.
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