ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Coriolanus (c. 1608-09) is widely recognised as Shakespeare’s last major tragedy, and although it has never been as popular as its predecessors, this has little to do with its intrinsic qualities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare-including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 10 plays generally included among Shakespeare’s tragedies are, in approximate order of composition, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens.

Detailed explanation-4: -Five Great Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Detailed explanation-5: -Put simply, Shakespeare’s tragedies always end in the death of the central character and usually a number of other characters too – whereas, in the comedies, there are no deaths and things end happily.