Shakespeare’s tragedies Martin Jaan Leesment XIA

List of tragedies Titus Andronicus January 24 first performance. It was first printed in 1594 Romeo and Juliet first performance. It was first printed in 1597 Hamlet first performed. It was first printed in 1603 Julius Caesar first performance. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) Othello first performed. It was first printed in 1622 King Lear December 26 First recorded performance. It was first printed in 1608 Antony and Cleopatra first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) Timon of Athens first performance. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) Coriolanus first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) Macbeth First recorded performance. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio)

Tragedies were poignant revelations of humanity’s struggle between good and evil and search for moral order A flaw ultimately results in death or destruction Some inspired by Shakespeare's study of Lives by Greek historian and essayist Plutarch and Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles All of Shakespeare's tragic protagonists are capable of both good and evil

Titus Andronicus is about a Roman king whose daughter is raped, is full of violence and comedy. The most foul of the tragedies.

Romeo and Juliet is about teenage romance and how it can be stopped by feuding families

Julius Caesar is an historical tragedy concerning the ethics and consequences of political assassination

Hamlet is about a tortured young prince who is obliged to kill his uncle to avenge his father's death

Othello is about a Moor who is deceived by the machinations of his servant Iago, and his love for Desdemona.

King Lear is about a king who divides his kingdom between three daughters, two of whom turn on him and the third, who truly loves him, is unrecognized. This is considered to be Shakespeare's darkest tragedy and was not performed for many years.

Antony and Cleopatra is about two great lovers and nobility is an important theme in it. So are the relations between two very different cultures: Egypt and Rome.

Macbeth, Set in Scotland, is about an ambitious Thane who murders the King in order to ascend to the throne