... the tragic outcome that followed. Friar Lawrence shows up late to the Capulet tomb, generating the wanted effects of bad timing. Friar Lawrence knows he's too late when he sees Romeo, he exclaims, "Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains the stony entrance of this sepulcher?" (Act V, sc. iii, ll. 52-53) Seconds later Juliet arises, "O comfortable friar! Where is my lord ... where is my Romeo?" (Act V, sc. iii, ll.160-63) If Friar Lawrence would of gotten there earlier this disaster may have been avoided. He later explains, "But when I came, some minute ere the time of her awakenin...

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... at least to us. When this person dies would it be tragic, or would it be comedic since they are finally free of their tragic life. Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of the relation between the extremes. The ending, which we are all familiar with, is an extremely tragic event. Which is why ... argue that this ending is not Tragic, but Comedic. The only way Romeo and Juliet could be together and free of their parents was in death. Is this not happy? It is in these extreme moments that the haziness of the border between the two becomes apparent. Approaching from the comedic side it ... e...

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... story good does prevail and Iago is killed in the end. In Othello, Shakespeare uses many different types of irony. In many of the situations he uses verbal irony, when a character states one thing but means another. Iago does this many of times because of the demeanor of his character, and example is when he says "He is for him," (Act I Scene ii) There is also situational ... very quickly and uses his emotion instead of logic to make his decisions. After reading Shakespeare's, "Othello" I concluded that it could be the most tragic play Shakespeare ever wrote. It is so tragic that no one...

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... Romeo and Juliette, Othello, Mid-Summer night's dream, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet are only few examples of Shakespeare's plays in which he expresses and portrays death. According to Harold Jenkins, "Murder [in Hamlet] is supposed to rid the world of the satyr and restore it to Hyperion"; however, by the end of ... first character to die, in Hamlet, is Polonius. It is tempting to presume that Polonius is cunning because he often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, but to do so would be unwise. Being the king's counselor, it is his duty to obey the wishes of the ....

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