Shakespeare's characters and their Defensive Means

Abstract

Shakespeare, through his theatrical writings, put a clear artistic imprint that differs from the writers who preceded him and those who came after him, His theatrical texts were distinguished by their diversity in dramatic construction and deviation from the ordinary. the defensive means of Shakespeare's characters formed a clear feature in their dramatic situations through diversity in the dramatic structure and through their diversity and contrast. This is what the researcher seeks to study through.The question in this problem, includes the interrogative on the most prominent defensive means that Shakespeare's theatrical characters resorted. Through their behavior within the context of the dramatic event. To answer this question, the research came in three chapters. The first chapter included - the methodological framework of the research, and its problem. The research focused on shedding light on the positions of Shakespeare's theatrical characters and the defensive means they resort to as a result of the type of that position and its impact on them. The second chapter included the theoretical framework and literature review. While chapter three, included the research procedures, which are: the research community and it consists of three plays and the research results.