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Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet are known as the Great Tragedies. Macbeth and King Lear are also known as the Great Tragedies.
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What were the two major types of greek plays?
Tragedies and Dramatic Comedies
What kind of plays did he write?
Since you are asking this in the category 'Shakespeare': he wrote tragedies (10), histories (10), romances (5) and comedies (13).
Why is it necessary for all the main players to die at the end of a play?
It isn't, because not all plays are tragedies. In a tragedy, to be sure, there is a pile of bodies at the end; that is what makes it a tragedy. But in fact only about 25% of Shakespeare's plays were tragedies, and almost half were comedies, which usually ended with all the main players getting married to each other, or families reuniting happily.
What is Africa known for?
Africa is known for their great safaries
What type of plays did Shakespeare write?
Traditionally, his plays have been put into the categories of Histories (stories taken from English history), Tragedies (stories that end badly for the main characters), and Comedies (stories which end well for the main characters). Sometimes people invent new categories for the plays which do not fit into those three. It's also fair to say that Shakespeare's plays do not as a rule have realistic dialogue; the characters speak often in heightened poetic dialogue. Nor are the plots naturalistic--some are fantasies, and others have a folk-tale quality.
Some time after 1599-1600 Shakespeare turned from writing predominantly romantic comedies and history plays to tragedies Which five plays are known as his great tragedies?
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What types of plays did shakesphere write about?
one group is known as tragedies.
What were the first plays to be called comedies and tragedies?
the first plays to be called comedies or tragedies would be the greek plays
What are the three great Athenians tragedies?
The three great Athenian tragedies are "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, "Medea" by Euripides, and "The Bacchae" by Euripides. These plays are considered classics of Greek drama and are still widely studied and performed today.
Why are some plays described as tragedies?
they are described the as tragedies because they are so tragic and heart wrenching, horroring, and deepening that they are tragedies
Last play of Shakespeares 4 great tragedies?
The last play of Shakespeare's four great tragedies is "Macbeth" and it was written in 1606. He wrote the first of the great tragedies, "Hamlet" in 1600.
What was the style of Greek plays?
The style of Greek plays are tragedies and comedies. Hoped that helped!!! ;)
What do you call an actor who plays in tragedies?
An actor who performes in tragedies is called a "tradgedian", pronounced "tra-GEE-dee-un"
Elizabethan tragedies were modeled on plays from?
Elizabethan tragedies were modeled on classical Greek and Roman tragedies, such as those by Seneca. These plays often featured themes of fate, revenge, and the downfall of a tragic hero. Shakespeare was heavily influenced by these classical works when writing his own tragedies.
Did Christopher Marlowe write plays that were all tragedies?
all of them
Which were the first plays to be called comedies and tragedies?
roman drama
What 2 plays were performed in Greek drama?
Tragedies and Comedies
