What are the 5 tragedies of Shakespeare?

Answer 1

Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear are clearly Shakespeare's most popular and most highly regarded tragedies at this time. The fifth would be either Julius Caesar or Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare's plays go in and out of fashion. King Lear is now regarded by many as either Shakespeare's greatest or second greatest tragedy (next to Hamlet). In the seventeenth century it was considered to be so badly written that it was only performed with a totally rewritten ending.

During Shakespeare's life his most popular tragedy was Titus Andronicus which nowadays most people would consider his worst or second worst tragedy.

Answer 2

Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies are Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth. Those five plays are used in countless English classes throughout the world and are also highly translated.

Answer 3

Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Some would say Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello and Coriolanus. Harold Bloom said Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello and Antony and Cleopatra. Whichever list it is, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear usually make an appearance.

Answer 4

Shakespeare's Tragic plays are

Antony & Cleopatra,

Coriolanus

Hamlet,

King Lear

Macbeth,

Othello,

Romeo and Juliet.

Timon of Athens

Titus Andronicus,

Julius Caesar.

Answer 5

Shakespeare's best-known, most quoted, and most studied play is Hamlet. Hamlet is often taught in school, along with Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar. People often will choose the ones they have heard about and these are most often the ones they know from school. Therefore these four plays are likely to be named on most people's list of top plays.

King Lear is thought by many people to be Shakespeare's greatest play, but its themes are not attractive to school-age kids so it is best known by older students and lovers of literature.

And, although many people can only name one (Romeo and Juliet) or two (Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet) of Shakespeare's plays, quite a few know something about the following in addition to the five above named: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and Richard III.

Answer 6

Opinions over which of Shakespeare's plays are better and which are worse change over time. Modern opinion is pretty unanimous in naming Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.

Answer 7

I think they are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and either Romeo and Juliet, or Macbeth.

Answer 8

Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, and one of Julius Caesar, Coriolanus or Romeo and Juliet (opinions differ).

Answer 9

Four tragedies from Shakespeare's mature period which are most often performed and studied are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear.