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-- Sherry Bevins Darrell, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and Humanities This play from 1608, later in Shakespeare’s career, belongs to a group of Roman plays. When Shakespeare wanted to address dangerous issues, he often turned to Rome as a setting rather than risk setting the action in England. Amongst the Roman plays are Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens; some critics include Troilus and Cressida, a play set during the Trojan War. All except Tro are tragedies. Please note the shifts from verse to prose. Cor explore such themes as these:
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