Complex sentence: Prior to Lope, playwrights sketched the conditions of persons and their characters superficially; with fuller observation and more careful description, Lope de Vega depicted real character types with language and accoutrements appropriate to their position in society.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to Lope, playwrights sketched the conditions of persons and their characters superficially. With fuller observation and more careful description, Lope de Vega depicted real character types with language and accoutrements appropriate to their position in society.