ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one of the following is not a tragedy of William Shakespeare?
A
Hamlet
B
Antony and Cleopatra
C
Macbeth
D
Twelfth Night
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is the Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night or What You Will is a romantic comedy by Shakespeare. The four great tragedies of Shakespeare include Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night’s entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

Detailed explanation-3: -King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello are tragedies by William Shakespeare. The Tempest was also by Shakespeare but it was more of a tragicomedy and not fully a tragedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tragedy present in the scene is the unrequited love which Viola has for Orsino, due to the fact that Orsino himself is infatuated with Olivia, a seemingly lost cause.

Detailed explanation-5: -Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus. Cymbeline. Hamlet. Julius Caesar. King Lear. Macbeth. Othello. More items

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