... that come to mind when we speak of tragic characters. The Webster's dictionary defines tragedy as "A dramatic composition, dealing with a serious or sombre theme typically that of a noble person whose character is flawed by a single weakness, which causes him to break a divide law or moral precept and which leads inevitably to his downfall or destruction. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. A Shakespearean tragedy deals ... with a main character that is considered to be great. However that character has a tragic flaw which leads to his death ... ...

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... and respect? In Shakespeare's plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, the protagonists share similar characteristics and elements of a tragic hero. These such aspects are: high social status, a need to battle some clashing force and domination by some overpowering trait. To fully assess the above we must first know the definition of a tragic hero. This character is described as, "A protagonist, who through many uncontrollable occurrences ... himself, therefore he was under careful scrutiny from his many subordinates. This fact caused Hamlet to act more conspicuously thus making him seem more...

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... a light heart and chose to make the beginning pleasant with a hint of danger. At the end of her essay Snyder also demonstrates the peculiarity of this type of Shakespearean tragedy. The events of a tragedy, she claims, characteristically played out produce a resultant that has a direct correlation to the actions of the character him/herself. In Romeo and Juliet, Snyder feels as though it is not so much the ... character that has caused his and her tragedies, but the environment around that that has lain ... the path of devastation, "In this unusual Shakespearean tragedy, it is not who ...

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... the King on many occasions, and has won himself fame and fortune. His one character flaw is his ambitions, which with the visit of the King, his wife's speeches, and the witch's speeches, convince him to commit an evil act. One part of this supernatural element of a tragedy is the sense of inescapable fate, which often involves predictions. It is present in "Othello" with Iago ... not realising the effects of what he was saying to Othello, and fate took his jealousy too far. It is present in "Romeo and Juliet". Juliet's letter does not reach Romeo. This is also why many people believe t...

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... tragedy, West Side Story. Above, I named a few of the many differences between William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Ernest Leaman's screenplay, West Side Story. One main difference is that in Romeo and Juliet the soliloquy is spoken while in West Side Story there is soliloquy, but it is in song. While both equally express the character's feelings at the moment, it is my feeling ... that West Side Story's musical style brings the viewer or listener. Further into the play and makes the play more effective. An example of this is ... when, in Act II, Scene II, of Romeo and Juliet, ot...

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