Abstract
Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist of the English Renaissance. Among all his works, his tragedies influence us widely . Tragedies always reflect the author’s cognition of reality much more deeply. In Shakespeare’s whole life, he leaves us a lot of immortal works. Among which, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth are considered as “Four great tragedies”.These are not only the core works of Shakespeare’s tragedies, but also the turning point of all his works. And his tragedies has his own characteristics. Now, I will take the example of his tragedies, analyze the characteristics of his tragedies.
This article will start with the cultural origins of Shakespeare's creation, to analyze the tragic figures and the subjective sense of the male protagonists which lead them in achieving the same tragic endings toward life, showing the similarities of the male protagonists in Shakespearean tragedies, and explain the features of the humanities and the social realities of European Renaissance.
Keywords: Shakespeare; protagonists; tragical life ; tragic fate ; Tragedies
Contents
Abstract.................................................................................................... I
Contents....................................................................................................I
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................1
2.About William Shakespeare and his tragedies........................................1
3. The similarities of the protagonists in four tragedies ........................2
3.1 Their similar family background.........................................................2
3.2 Their similar life experience...............................................................3
3.3 Their similar tragic ending............................................................................4
4.The reasons for their tragic ending. ......................................................5
4.1 Their characters............................................................................................5
4.2 Their social background................................................................................7
5. Conclusion............................................................................................9
6.References.............................................................................................10
