Shakespeare A to Z | Nature
Shakespeare uses nature throughout his plays. Whether characters flee to natural settings, are lost at sea, or exposed to the elements, most seem to resolve their problems and then return to their daily lives transformed by the experience.
INTO THE WOODS. As the city of LONDON grew and became England’s cultural center, some Elizabethans longed for a return to nature, which to them symbolized innocence and simplicity. Like many writers in the late 1500s, Shakespeare frequently set up a conflict in his plays between urban life and country life. He has several of his characters...
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