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'Hamlet' can certainly be viewed that way. Technically, it's a tragedy, because of the deaths, and the shattered romance of Hamlet and Ophelia. However, the play contains significant comedic elements, much more than you'll read about in the average book, or see in the average performance.
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∙ 13y agoHamlet is considered a tragedy, and the character Hamlet himself is considered a tragic hero.
A tragedy is a story in which there is a tragic hero who is a generally 'good' or likable character, but who has a flaw. "A mole of defect". This flawed character commits a sin or a crime during the course of the play, and as a result of the characters flaw, or sin, the character must die.
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∙ 13y agoNo, Claudius and Polonius are within hearing range (either onstage or just barely off), if out of sight. Ophelia also is probably onstage but invisible to Hamlet (he sees her at the end of the speech and tells himself to stop talking because she is there: "But soft you now. The fair Ophelia")
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∙ 9y agoThe play Hamlet is considered to be a tragedy not a melodrama. In the story the character of Hamlet faces extreme sorrow and moral weakness which is one definition of a tragedy.
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∙ 13y agoThe William Shakespeare play is not a comedy. Just about everyone dies by the end which is usually the mark that we are dealing with a tragedy.
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What was the longest Shakespearean tragedy?
Shakespeare's longest tragedy and longest play is Hamlet.
What genre is Macbeth?
Pile of dead bodies at the end and no weddings equals tragedy.
What is the play hamlet subgenre?
It's a revenge tragedy.
Who wrote The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark?
William Shakespeare
What type of play was halmet?
'Hamlet' is in the general category of "revenge tragedy."
What drama is Hamlet?
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare
What is the Genre of Hamlet?
tragedy
Does one of the characters in Hamlet bring a relief to the tragedy?
In Hamlet, Lady Capulet adds comic relief to the tragedy.
What is Hamlet classified as in literature?
William Shakespeare's plays are commonly categorised as Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Hamlet is a Tragedy.
Is Hamlet a name?
Yes, Hamlet is the surname of the Prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's tragedy, which is also named Hamlet.
What was the longest Shakespearean tragedy?
Shakespeare's longest tragedy and longest play is Hamlet.
What genre is Macbeth?
Pile of dead bodies at the end and no weddings equals tragedy.
The total tragedy of a girl named hamlet?
Hamlet was the Prince of Denmark, so obviously was not a girl!
Who says to be or not to be out of Shakespeares plays?
Hamlet says it to himself in the play: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
Is Hamlet a comedy play ture or false?
tragedy
What is the play hamlet subgenre?
It's a revenge tragedy.
Who wrote The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark?
William Shakespeare
