Shakespeares tragedy essay

Critical Essays Shakespeare's Tragedy. The dramatic form of classical tragedy derives from the tragic plays of ancient Athens, which depicted the downfall of a hero or famous character of Greek legend. The hero would struggle against overwhelming fate, and his defeat would be so noble that he wins the moral victory over the forces that destroy him.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the classic example of a tragedy as defined by A. C. Bradley. Bradley says that a Shakespearean tragedy is the story of a hero who encounters significant suffering.

A. C. Bradley saw Shakespearean tragedy characterized by the "tragic flaw," the internal imperfection in the hero that brings him down. His downfall becomes his own doing, and he is no longer, as in classical tragedy, the helpless victim of fate. Some say that Othello's tragic flaw was jealousy which flared...

The tragedy of Hamlet shows how the inability to act and “thinking to precisely on th’ event” can be detrimental to some. Hamlet remains an enigmatic character throughout Hamlet in spite of the reader’s attempts to understand his multidimensional complexion.