How is he the greatest writer of all time? He just wrote the

>>8440299

>mastery of language
>pushed forward psychology of characters
>proficient in multiple genres of theater
>perfect plot construction

>>8440299
>he just rewrote other people's stories
ftfy

He wrote Hamlet

>tfw you didn't know a young Danish prince trying to get revenge on his stepdad was the same as Italian lovers killing themselves over family feud

/lit/ , how can I be this perceptive?

>>8440299
Well, for starters, he significantly influenced the development of English speakers and, thusly, the very existence of English speakers.

>>8440539
>Danish setting
>>8440539
>Italian setting

>important to note the difference

>Shakespeare

pick 1

>>8440321
Listen, I love shakespeare as much as the next guy but Othello has perfect plot construction?

>>8440299
He's not, but the little black girl who wrote all those plays is

>>8440559
>my bad, all family feuds are the same and devoid of any difference of intricacy

O' sage, give me the key to/lit/eracy
>(you)

>>8440595
what?

no, what I meant was that mentioning the nationality of the characters is turbopleb in the case of Shakespeare

>>8440398
That too.

>>8440321
>perfect plot construction
LAUGHABLE

>>8440424
Hamlet isn't even good.

>>8440576
Whats wrong with Othello? Plot's tight as fuck