Did Shakespeare write melodramas

Answer 1

Absolutely.

Many people would consider Macbeth with its supernatural overtones (witches with nasty potions who make uncannily accurate prophecies) and with the slow transformation of the title character into a monster a Horror play in the classic sense, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, or The Picture of Dorian Gray.

He also wrote a play in the slasher vein called Titus Andronicus which involves a large number of people being murdered, tortured, mutilated, raped and so on, with a fair amount of madness and treachery and a lot of revenge.

Answer 2

Macbeth is a revenge Tragedy in a sense, since Macduff is motivated by revenge to kill Macbeth. But in another sense it is not, since in revenge tragedies like The Spanish Tragedy, the Revenger's Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet the central characters Hieronymo, Vindici, Titus and Hamlet are the persons seeking the revenge, not the objects of it (although Titus is both). If Macbeth were a true revenge tragedy, Macduff would be the main character. The same can be said for Shakespeare's Richard III, a play very similar to Macbeth in many ways. Although there is an aspect of revenge in Richmond's invasion, that is not the core of the play.

Answer 3

Some of Shakespeare's plays have been called tragicomedies, including Measure for Measure, All's Well that Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida and even Romeo and Juliet. I suppose it depends on what you think the characteristics of a tragicomedy are. Often it means that everyone gets out of the play alive, but not necessarily happy. That would explain Measure for Measure, All's Well and especially Troilus and Cressida, but would make Romeo and Juliet a tragedy not a tragicomedy. Romeo and Juliet becomes a tragicomedy for people with an extremely limiting definition of tragedy that says that a tragedy cannot be about ordinary people--it has to be about kings and rulers. This definition would also exclude Othello as well.

Answer 4

Yes, his most famous revenge tragedy is Hamlet. Another revenge tragedy is Macbeth.

Answer 5

Some people think Titus Andronicus is a melodrama. Timon of Athens too, perhaps.

Answer 6

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