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Bring out the salient features of Shakespearean Tragedy? Tragedies may involve comedic moments, but tend towards more serious, dramatic plots with an ending that involves the death of main characters. The plays which are generally classed as Shakespearean Tragedy are: Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Coriolanus, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Timon of Athens and Cymbeline (this is debated, with some scholars classifying it as a Comedy). The common features which we find in almost all the tragic pieces written by Shakespearean are that: Unity, Time, and Place: The dramatic form of classical tragedy derives from the tragic plays of ancient Athens, which depicted the downfall of a hero or famous character of Greek legend. The hero would struggle against overwhelming fate, and his defeat would be so noble that he wins the moral victory over the forces that destroy him. A tragedy evoked pity and terror in the audience; it was a catharsis, or washing clean of the soul, which left the spectator trembling but purified........................................To get complete note click the below link: goo.gl/2jN2dv
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:27:11 +0000

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