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…Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of four Shakespeare's greatest play that deals with tragedies. More than anything else, what distinguishes Othello from its great tragedies appears in the role of its villain, Iago. Iago…

…have experienced them all to their full extent would appear to be stating the impossible. "Shakespeare could hardly have gone through the experiences of Hamlet, Macbeth, Iago, Cleopatra, Lear, Goneril, Prospero and Coriolanus in one lifetime, but what…

…viewed today. Hamlet, MacBeth, the Coronation Mass, Starry Night. Censorship would have eliminated these now classic works of art. During their point of conception, the masses did not see them as outstanding works, rather, many were seen as slightly above…

…Many novels have been written on the subject of power and its attainment. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man driven to insanity and unspeakable violence in his quest for it. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, concerns…

…) The ghost provides Hamlet with a dilemma. In Shakespeare's plays, supernatural characters are not always to be trusted; think of the three witches in MacBeth, who are instrumental in his downfall. Hamlet does not know whether the ghost is telling the truth…

…, she gave birth to Susanna, and later to twins Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet, the couple's only son, died at age eleven. Shakespeare's most productive years were from 1594 to 1608, the period in which he wrote all of his great tragedies, such as Macbeth, Hamlet…

…greatness, is fatal to him” King Lear’s death follows this trend and can be compared to the destiny of another characters such as Macbeth or Othello in other Shakespearean tragedies. Character is destiny can also be observed through the character traits…

…to Macbeth, the underlying struggles that of the individual attempting to gain his "rightful" position in his society.” (Miller, Tragedy…) In the play Death of a Salesman and the novel Things Fall Apart, the main characters, Willy and Okonkwo kill themselves…

…Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of four Shakespeare’s greatest play that deals with tragedies. More than anything else, what distinguishes Othello from its great tragedies appears in the role of its villain, Iago. Iago…

…performed. His tragic play Julius Caesar was performed about 1599. 1600-1606 Shakespeare's great tragedies Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth were first performed. 1606-1613 Shakespeare's later plays, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Winter's Tale…