There are many examples of this situation in Shakespearean plays; in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Claudius commits his evil acts because of his greed for the throne; in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is so moved by her greed for wealth and power that she forces her husband to commit murder, and in Othello, Moor of Venice, Iago rips apart the lives of innocent people because of his greed for power and attention. ... This inherent greed pushes Claudius to the very extreme limit of murdering his own brother simply to gain control of the throne, and the amount of greed and evil acts continue to occur th...

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No, no, he is dead, Go to they death-bed, He never will come again." ... After the death of Tybalt, Romeo exclaims that he is "fortune's fool!" ... Finally, the most common theme in all of Shakespeare's tragedies is death. ... The death portrayed in Shakespearian tragedies only brings about more death. ... Additionally, issues of homosexuality can be interpreted in The Merchant of Venice in the exchange between Antonio and Bassanio. ...

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