An interesting fact is that William Shakespeare wrote a string of comedies, and the time was ripe to return to tragedies. His English tragedies were "English history...a national growth determined largely by the political efficiency of its sovereign"(72), meaning English people accept their history without question. The role of the king was never questioned, although there were plenty of inept rulers. He wrote about the Romans, enabling him to explore characters with "a more dispassionate scrutiny and a calmer imaginative apprehension (72).

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