There are many tragedies of Shakespears including “Macbeth”, “Julius Caesar”, “Antony and Cleopatra, “Hamlet”, “Othello”,
“Romeo and Juliet”, “Coriolanus”, “King Lear” and “Timon of Athens”.

They have one thing in common: they were written about a central character with positive qualities but also a “categorical imperfection”. The Medieval theory of giving central characters such imperfections, unfortunately, has been revived in public television writing; it is exactly Medieval–anti-individual, anti-worldly and anti-reason, denying that men can achieve self-assertional control of their own lives.

The artistry and dramatic values of these works is usually quite good, in all case; the largest number of memorable lines are found in “Hamlet”, and second in “Julius Caesar”.

These plays were difficult to write, with the writer using many strands of interwoven imagery.

Characters are related within the plays to the value goal the central character pursues; this accounts for the character’s power, in general. The central character’s faults alone weakens their effect. Not one “Shakespearean” play has ever been a true hit on Broadway because they are un-modern, un-American.

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