Shakespeare's Tragedies: Prof. Giordano ENG 302: Home

Shakespeare's tragedies include:

Character conflict with the social order

Human suffering brought on by human action

Free will

Dramatic irony

The value of goodness in the end.

Cahn, Victor L. Shakespeare the Playwright. New York: Greenwood, 1991. 1-3. Print. 

Which was Shakespeare's best tragedy?

This LibGuide offers resourses for Professor Giordano's ENG 302 class, Shakespeare's Tragedies.

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Macbeth   Hamlet

King Lear

The Merchant of Venice Othello

These overviews of the five plays offer valid, reliable information from our Library databases. For more, check each play page under the Databases and Articles tab.