What are the characteristics of a shakespearean tragedy?

They obviously need to contain some kind of tragedy in the plot e. G tragic deaths in Romeo and Juliet. If you look at all of Shakespeare's main tragedies (including Macbeth and King Lear) they all contain some form of doom and gloom.

Also, the main character(s) are usually made to be liked by the audience and have both a good and a bad side to them. The hero usually has some kind of dark side which leads to their downfall. Often, supernatural forces are also involved.

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Posted by meghraj on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 7:19 AM and tagged with characteristics, literature, sonnet, themes. More.

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