Shakespeare's first tragedy was the revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus which he wrote early in the 1590s. It follows the style set by Kyd's Spanish Tragedy and is a real Horror show, not for the faint of heart. If you are up to it, Julie Taymor made a movie of it, called Titus, in 1999 so you can see what it is all about.
These six plays are considered to be his major tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet. The others (Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens) are considered minor, although both Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus have many merits.
The following plays are traditionally considered to be tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Timon of Athens. Sometimes Cymbeline is counted, although it does not end tragically.
Titus Andronicus is one. There are nine others.
A story of an historical time..
Hamlet
Nowadays, people consider the death of an 11-year old boy (as Shakespeare's son Hamnet did in 1596) to be a huge tragedy, but in Shakespeare's time the death of children was a common occurrence. Shakespeare's sister Anne died when she was 8. It was sad, sure, but not a great tragedy.
Titus Andronicus (1593) was the FIRST tragedy Shakespeare wrote. His last tragedy was Timon of Athens.
Othello
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, how often does Shakespeare use blank verse
No, Pericles is a comedy written by Shakespeare.
Nowadays, people consider the death of an 11-year old boy (as Shakespeare's son Hamnet did in 1596) to be a huge tragedy, but in Shakespeare's time the death of children was a common occurrence. Shakespeare's sister Anne died when she was 8. It was sad, sure, but not a great tragedy.
Henry L. Hinton has written: 'Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth' 'Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet' 'Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet'
Titus Andronicus (1593) was the FIRST tragedy Shakespeare wrote. His last tragedy was Timon of Athens.
We don't know what Shakespeare was concerned about at any time in his life--he did not leave records of his personal feelings.
Yes, Romeo and Juliet (by Shakespeare) is a tragedy.
Othello
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, how often does Shakespeare use blank verse
No, Pericles is a comedy written by Shakespeare.
It is a romantic tragedy.
Shakespeare's longest tragedy and longest play is Hamlet.
The revenge tragedy was created in the time of Shakespeare, at that time most people liked tragedies or revenge plays, somebody combined them to attract audiences to a new type of play.
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