Revenge Factors Othello, King Lear, and Hamlet are all tragic plays. They are tragic because many people die needlessly. Othello and King Lear are tragic because two characters, Iago and Edmund exact revenge that is unwarranted. It was shown to be unwarranted by of the death of two entirely innocent characters. In each play, the villain used the weaknesses of those who they intended to harm. Had Othello and Gloucester looked deeper into the stories they were told they could have prevented the tragedies. In Hamlet, the tragedy occurred when Hamlet did not act fast enough in his revenge leaving ...

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... depredations of unscrupulous children and thus how fragile the fabric of Elizabethan society actually was. Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is usually ranked with Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The setting of King Lear is as far removed from Shakespeare's time as the setting of any of his other plays, dramatizing events from the eighth ... depredations of unscrupulous children and thus how fragile the fabric of Elizabethan society actually was. Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is ...

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