Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.
A.Shakespeare's major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types.By employing a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters' inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.
B.Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot: instead, he borrows them from old plays or storybooks, from ancient Greek or Roman sources In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with suspense and apprehension.
C.Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet. the blank verse and the thymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old words also creates striking effects on the reader.
