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The term problem plays is applied to a number of William Shakespeare's plays—All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and often Hamlet or Merchant of Venice—in which the resolution of the themes and debates seems inadequate, and in the final act the deliverance of justice and completion one expects does not occur. The term was coined by critic F.S. Boas in Shakespeare and his Predecessors (1896).
The first three of these plays are also referred to as the dark comedies, since despite ending on a generally happy note for the characters concerned, the darker, more profound issues raised cannot be fully resolved or ignored.
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