Style Emulation
Use of Imagery
Shakespeare’s intricate settings are one of the most important influences to the plot of his works. He uses the setting to establish the atmosphere and mood of the plays. As seen in Macbeth, the eerie darkness of the heath and the romantic streets of Verona in Romeo and Juliet. However, when it comes to historically sensitive topics for England, he uses cities in Italy, for they were going through a revolution and everyone was fighting each other.
Use of Soliloquies
His use of soliloquies provides a direct view into what a character actually feels and thinks. This is important to the plot because a play cannot be written in the first person. By using soliloquies Shakespeare connects the characters internal conflicts to the audience’s perception.
Use of Rythmic Devices
Shakespeare’s sentence structures are compiled using certain rhythmic devices that reflect human life; they give a sense of fluidity that portrays the life, both social and physical, of the speaker. Shakespeare uses blank verse in order to establish the status of his characters. The characters of higher status speak in blank verses while the lower status, such as the chorus, speak in prose. He liked to use iambic pentameter to represent the natural ways of speech, but still include the structures of formal poetry.
Evaluation of Works
I chose to write a sonnet because I believe they are Shakespeare’s greatest works. Recreating a Shakespearean Sonnet is difficult because they resemble his most intense emotions.
Shakespeare’s sonnets include more imagery than any of his works. Rather than a play which has recurring settings, his sonnets describe the most intricate details of the surroundings and personification of emotions throughout every line. After researching many of his sonnets, there is a pattern of the telling of a story followed by the comparison of a scenario. He intertwines the story with comparisons that many can connect with, to feel the true emotion of the speaker. THe imagery is the most important style of Shakespeare
His sonnets do not contain many soliloquies, for that typically resides in plays, but through his sonnets the speaker's internal thoughts and emotions are seen through a form of soliloquies. The use nature and word choice to explain the depth of emotions that cannot be felt by simply being stated.
Shakespeare’s rhythmic devices are the most important. The way that things are stated follow a pattern that mocks human speaking styles. Iambic pentameter is a way to make the sonnets feel more natural. There is a specific pattern to which he follows as well. A rhyming scheme that adds to the formality of poetry, but adds to the humanity of the piece.