The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare--including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a "lofty" play showing "personages of great state" caught up in a "lamentable" action...
The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the cause of the tragedy - even when...
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
Includes Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew.