Some professors in Shakespeare studies examine his plays as literature alone (i.e., as if they were "closet dramas"). Why might other professors have a problem with this?
What will be an ideal response?
The student could discuss how when Shakespeare wrote his pieces, the piece was already in production, and the play was written as he watched the action unfolding in rehearsals. The student could also touch on the nature of how a Shakespeare play is written (with little stage direction) and how the message of the play would be lost without physical narration.
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