William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet and widely recognized as the greatest dramatist to ever live. His plays show a great knowledge of human behavior, shown through portrayals of a wide range of characters. He had a large vocabulary, using almost 30,000 different words in his plays. His use of poetry and drama to create a unified effect is recognized as a singular achievement, and his use of poetry in his plays to show …showed first 75 words of 948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 948 total…Shakespeare's last complete play was The Tempest, in which the resolution suggests the beneficial effects of the union of power and wisdom. Until the 18th century, Shakespeare was mainly thought to be no more than a rough and untutored genius. People thought that his plays had actually been written by someone more educated. Since the 19th century, Shakespeare's achievements have been more and more recognized, and he has become regarded as the greatest dramatist ever.