The Works of Shakespeare’s Third Period Throughout Shakespeare’s lifetime it is agreed by most scholars that he has written 37 plays. Although the exact date of several of these plays is uncertain, his remarkable career is generally divided into four periods. The third period, from 1600, includes many of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and “problem” or “bitter” comedies. To many this period of Shakespeare’s writing is considered to be his greatest. It is within …showed first 75 words of 1394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1394 total…on to kill the wife and children of his enemy Macduff. Lady Macbeth is also overcome with guilt and eventually dies. Duncan then later kills Macbeth in battle, and Duncan’s son Malcolm then becomes king of Scotland. Overall the third period marks the great tragedies, and the principle works, which later earn Shakespeare his fame in later centuries. Shakespeare is at his best in these tragedies, and they will be remembered for all time.