Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays

Part 1
• Initial discussion board posts are due by 11:59 P.M. on Thursday. For your initial discussion post, you should:
o select one of the questions below:
 How does Shakespeare's work embody the concerns of British literature during his era?
 How are gender dynamics of his era revealed in Shakespeare's work?
 How are cultural norms defined as evidenced by Shakespeare's work?
 What sins condemn the characters in Shakespeare's tragedies? What does this dynamic reveal about concerns of the people of Shakespeare's era?
 Why does Shakespeare's work continue to be popular over four hundred years after his work was published?