Shakespeare's Comedies
by G
About This Novel
"Shakespeare's Comedies" contains six of Shakespeare's comedies, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing". These dramas mainly describe love, friendship and marriage. The themes are similar, but the plots are vivid, rich and unconventional. The work shines with the light of humanistic ideals, is full of joyful atmosphere and optimism, praises the beautiful love and innocent friendship of mankind, and has eternal charm. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tells a love story in which lovers finally get married. The story scene of "As You Like It" mainly takes place in the forest of Arden, far away from the world. It describes the exiled Duke's daughter Rosalind who goes to the forest to find her father and her love story. "Twelfth Night" tells the story of twin brothers Sebastian and Viola who reunited after a series of twists and turns after being shipwrecked. "The Merchant of Venice" mainly portrays the typical image of Shylock, a profit-seeking and ruthless loan shark. Its theme praises benevolence, friendship and love, and also expresses humanistic thoughts on issues such as money and law. "The Taming of the Shrew" tells the story of a smart man who used ingenious strategies to successfully transform a grumpy rich girl into a gentle and virtuous wife. "Much Ado About Nothing" has two parallel clues around the theme of proposal, telling the story of two couples' experiences of falling in love, proposing, and finally getting married.
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