... finish last? Is it the price they must pay for a life of admiration 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 ... following will show how this aspect had lead to both Hamlet and Romeo's ultimate demise. Firstly, Romeo, the main protagonist in Romeo and Juliet, had seen his tragic end fuelled by his social status. Romeo, a...

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... his wife, Anne Hathaway. In 1583, they had their first child, Susanna and then in 1585 they had twins, Hamnet and Judith ("Shakespeare" Biography). He had written many plays and poetry. Some of his famous plays were known as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, and Hamlet. Many people admired the plays Hamlet and Henry IV, because of the magnificent characters that were chosen to be ... the end of the battle, Gertrude, Ophelia, Claudius, Laertes, and Hamlet are dead (Deville). Hamlet and Henry IV are two of the best plays written by Shakespeare. It seems to be that Ham...

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