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Title: Hamlet
Words: 3591
While both tragedies, Oedipus and Hamlet are tragedies of a very different nature. Discuss, making a detailed response reference to both plays in your response.
The first detailed definition of the word tragedy begins with Aristotle's classic analysis in the fourth century B.C. Today the term tragedy is broadly applied to literary, and especially to dramatic representations of serious and important actions, which eventuate in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist or chief character as defined from a Glossary of Literature terms. There are many forms of tragedies- medieval, revenge, domestic and tragicomedy. Oedipus and Hamlet while both tragedies, are tragedies of a very different nature. Hamlet is ...
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