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Human Dancing with God—On Shakespeare Comedies' Inheritance of Ancient Greek Mythology

Xiong Teng-fang

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William Shakespeare draws on ancient Greek mythology in writing his comedies because a lot of ancient Greek mythological elements are presented in his comedies by making frequent use of stories,motifs and characters.Just as the ancient Greek mythology,Shakespeare's plays are integration of human and God with juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane,the rational and the carnival.

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William Shakespeare draws on ancient Greek mythology in writing his comedies because a lot of ancient Greek mythological elements are presented in his comedies by making frequent use of stories,motifs and characters.Just as the ancient Greek mythology,Shakespeare's plays are integration of human and God with juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane,the rational and the carnival.

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William Shakespeare draws on ancient Greek mythology in writing his comedies because a lot of ancient Greek mythological elements are presented in his comedies by making frequent use of stories,motifs and characters.Just as the ancient Greek mythology,Shakespeare's plays are integration of human and God with juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane,the rational and the carnival.

Key concepts: Mythology, Literature, Ancient Greek, Greek mythology, Inheritance (genetic algorithm), Art, Philosophy, Gene

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