Thus it is that Shakespeare's output reflects all three styles: in the tragedies, for example, Othello is Baroque, Hamlet and King Lear are Mannerist, and Romeo and Juliet is Renaissance.

I wish I were a glove on that hand, so I might touch that cheek! Juliet O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny your father and give up your name. Or, if you won’t do that, swear your ...