Form and Function of the Play-Within-The-Play in Shakespeare in Love by M. Norman and T. Stoppard

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Stuttgart (Institut fr Anglistik - Abteilung fr Neuere Englische Literatur), course: Essay Writing, language: English, abstract: Can a play show us the very truth and nature of love? (Norman/Stoppard 94) This question, posed by the Queen in the form of a bet, serves as the basis for the play Shakespeare in Love. Although Shakespeare in Love was written as a screenplay in order to serve as the basis for the film of the same title, it can be analysed like a regular play...