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Shakespearian Tragedy
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... Shakespearian Tragedy Shakespeare did represent a certain aspect of life in a certain was in his tragedies. The tragic aspect was only one part, but we cannot determine his view of the world through his tragedies alone. All we know from that is his dramatic view, not "Shakespeare the man". We are only sure that he expressed his dramatic convictions and that is enough to satisfy us. His tragedies are the tale of a hero, and no play where the hero is alive at the end can be a Shakespearian tragedy. It is a tale of the hero's calamity and suffering conducting to death. This is also unexpected and contrasted with previous glory and happiness. An essential ingredient is the sense of tragic pity. A total reverse of fortune coming unawares upon a man "who stood in high degree" happy and secure, was the tragic fact to the medieval














