... loyal friend to the tragic hero. This combination of characters has been drawn from two of Shakespeare's most renowned tragedies - King Lear and Hamlet. This paper will also discuss how Shakespeare uses stock characters to contribute to the themes and to further the plots of their respective tragedies. ... both innocent victims who were the only characters to be killed without justification in their respective plays. Ophelia's only crime was that of love for Hamlet, and Cordelia's lone wrongdoing was that of loyalty to her father. These circumstances classify Ophelia and Cordelia as not...

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... Brutus and decided to kill herself during the play. That shows a big tragic failure in Portia. Thirdly, there is Hamlet. Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius. In the first act, Laertes has warned Ophelia about Hamlet's madness and tells her to stay away from him. Later, we meet Ophelia and she is frightened by ... are two possible outcomes out of her death. She could be murdered, or she acted on killing herself. She is an innocent being that was trapped in Hamlet's world and was not able to get out until it was too late. I would safely say that she had a tragic flaw in herself. She was .....

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... causes and consequences that lead each of these three characters to insanity. Of all Shakespeare's great tragic heroes, Lear is perhaps the least typical. As I have already read Macbeth and Hamlet, I can compare and distinguish Lear from them to make this assumed statement. Macbeth was a middle-aged man, tough in appearence and of noble bearing ... . Hamlet was a young man, we can say fine of feature, noble also in bearing, and often played as an intelectual. The difference between them two and King Lear is that Lear; ... ...

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... short stories - mostly about love, incest, murder, tragedy and infidelity. The playwright had a way of constructing many complex characters and it's from his genius that we have such characters as Hamlet, Othello, Gertrude and Desdemona. In Shakespeare's play "Othello, the Moor of Venice," the title character, Othello, was sold into slavery, escaped his bounds, and ended up as the military commander ... ...

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... Faustus has the opportunity to redeem himself, but does not, and "evil" conquers all. We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. Sha! kespeare especially dominates this subject matter because of historic events in his lifetime. Because of political strife between the Catholics and Protestants, and ... ...

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... understanding his impact on society, utilized the Machiavellian views in his numerous plays, as recognized by both John Dunby and Thomas Spenser. From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. Typically, the Machiavellian character is the essence of evil in the play: the villain. Rarely is there a good machiavel and usually that character is ... ...

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... understanding his impact on society, utilized the Machiavellian views in his numerous plays, as recognized by both John Dunby and Thomas Spenser. From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. Typically, the Machiavellian character is the essence of evil in the play: the villain. Rarely is there a good machiavel and usually that character is ... ...

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... leave, nor does he do anything in particular, he is trapped and realises that he is but remains emotionally unaffected. Hamm who we see as the main protagonist a descendent of Hamlet is paralysed in his chair and must rely on Clov for everything. He begins to philosophise on his situation. "Can there be misery - [he yawns] - loftier than mine? No doubt ... ...

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... 3Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of King Lear Folger Library (New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press), 1.1.183 Subsequent references to this play are from this edition. 4 Bradley, AC. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, 282. (New York, NY.: MacMillan & Co Ltd), 282. 5 DiYanni,1961 6 Shakespeare, 1.5.24. 7 DiYanni, 1960 8 DiYanni, 1962 9 Shakespeare, 5.3.371-372 10 "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (1817)-Lear ... ...

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