According to me, the play is both a historical play and a tragedy. Although the play smoothly contains all Shakespearean skills and could almost be classified as a history, comedy, or tragedy, the dominant mode of tragedy emerges from the clash of demands between the private life and the public. ... Antony is now much older than he was in the period of Julius Caesar and although he was a good politician and an experienced commander, his qualifications seem to vanish now. ... By the way, Antony meets Caesar's troops and scores an unexpected victory, which is an excellent example of unexpe...

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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare mixes the humor of Mercutio and Juliet's nurse into a serious tragedy" (Hazlitt). ... After many comedies, Shakespeare wrote the Roman tragedy Julius Caesar. ... The play centers on Marcus Brutus, Caesar's friend, who eventually kills Caesar. ... Shakespeare's next great tragedy was Othello, which was a tragedy of jealousy. ... After Othello, Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, a tragedy of ambition (Best). ...

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In this case, it shows the tragedy of human existence because she was not allowed to be with an enemy that she loved. ... In Julius Caesar, Brutus' wife, Portia did not display herself very much in the play. ... It could be the tragedy of human existence because she had no help, and the only thing she thought was best was to kill her. ...

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As You Like It was written in this year, just after Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Julius Caesar, and just before the writing of Hamlet in 1600. Unlike many of Shakespeare's plays, As You Like It seems to contain few references to the world outside the theatre; unlike the political history Shakespeare reworked in his "history plays," or the commentaries on kingship and power that pervade his tragedies, Shakespeare's comedy plays generally seem to be light-hearted works, meant to entertain and amuse, but not to provoke thought about anything more politically sensitive than the n...

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From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Shakespeare uses a machiavel to commence, irritate, and end the problems in his tragedies. ... Edmund's use of degeneration prevails throughout Shakespeare's tragedy. ...

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From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Shakespeare uses a machiavel to commence, irritate, and end the problems in his tragedies. ... Edmund's use of degeneration prevails throughout Shakespeare's tragedy. ...

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Magic and supernatural beings occur in one-forth of Shakespeare-s comedies, 60% of his plays, and 60% of his tragedies (Hoffman67). ... In addition, magic cures are given in All's Well, evil curses are chanted in Richard III, and prophecies are told in Julius Caesar. ... Dameron describes it as a "revelation of the changing and darkening attitude toward the supernatural- and "a heavy tragedy- that foreshadow the gloom of Macbeth (97). ...

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Not only has he created such characters with strong charisma, but his themes- love, betrayal, esteem, bravery and political tragedy are yet still very much alive today. ... It consisted collections of Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies.The plays included Antony and Cleopatra,The two noble kinsmen, Macbeth and Julius Caesar. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate