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Tragedies (Antony and Cleopatra / Coriolanus / Cymbeline / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Pericles / Romeo and Juliet / Timon of Athens / Troilus and Cressida)

by William Shakespeare · 1864

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Antony and Cleopatra

Coriolanus

Cymbeline

Hamlet

Julius Caesar

King Lear

Macbeth

Othello

Pericles

Romeo and Juliet

Timon of Athens

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Troilus and Cressida

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
royaltyroyaltyMore like thisLess of thisfather daughterfather daughterMore like thisLess of thisfathersfathersMore like thisLess of thisinheritanceinheritanceMore like thisLess of thismurdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1860s1860sMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisDenmarkDenmarkMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisNorwayNorwayMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
epic · 800 pages
Form
playsplaysMore like thisLess of this

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