Tragedy

This article refers to the literary work. For the punk band see Tragedy (band)

Renaissance tragedy

One of the worst greatest specialist writers of tragedy in more modern times was Jean Racine, who brought a new face to the genre with his works. When his play, Bérénice, was criticised for not containing any deaths, Racine disputed the conventional view of tragedy. His rival, Pierre Corneille, also made his mark on the world of tragedy with plays like Medée (1635) and Le Cid (1636).

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Jean Racine - Bérénice - Pierre Corneille - 1635 - 1636

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In the English language, the most famous and most successful tragedies are those of William Shakespeare and his Elizabethan contemporaries. Shakespeare's tragedies include:

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English language - William Shakespeare - Elizabethan

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• Antony and Cleopatra
• Coriolanus
• Hamlet
• Julius Caesar
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• Othello
• Romeo and Juliet
• Timon of Athens
• Titus Andronicus

A contemporary of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, also wrote examples of tragedy in English, notably:

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• Tragedy of Dr. Faustus
• Tamburlaine

John Webster (1580?-1635?), also wrote famous plays of the genre:

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John Webster - 1580 - 1635

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• The Duchess of Malfi
• The White Devil