December 16, 2015
Shakespearian Tragedies & Happy Endings: A Great Reason to Be Wary of Writing Trends
While I’m talking about happy endings and trends in what is considered good writing, let’s talk about Restoration England (cuz why not?). It’s a period when people preferred happy endings – to the point where they re-wrote Shakespeare’s tragedies to have them. Let me say that again: they re-wrote Shakespeare’s tragedies to have happy endings. Granted, years of strict Puritan laws...