I can understand where these people are coming from. Knowing so little about Shakespeare, besides his writings, it could be difficult to classify him as a renaissance man. Since we have all of his writings it is a bit easier to understand him, however it is still difficult. If we only had his comedies, we would see him as a frothy soul. If we had just the sonnets, we would think of him as a man of darkest passions. Therefore, it is hard to really tell anything about him due to the only knowledge of him in his literature. (Document
I can understand where these people are coming from. Knowing so little about Shakespeare, besides his writings, it could be difficult to classify him as a renaissance man. Since we have all of his writings it is a bit easier to understand him, however it is still difficult. If we only had his comedies, we would see him as a frothy soul. If we had just the sonnets, we would think of him as a man of darkest passions. Therefore, it is hard to really tell anything about him due to the only knowledge of him in his literature. (Document