2006-12-26 20:54:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Shakespearean plays are generally tragedies, involving protagonists with a character flaw that ultimately causes their death at the end of the play. I will say the 3 plots that i know (do not read if you do not want to see the endings)
"Romeo & Juliet" - this one is quite self-evident. For anyone who does not know, they are youths from rival families who fall in love with each other. The ending involves both of them committing suicide, each believing the other one to be dead.
"Othello"- Othello is a black commander who is in love with Desdemona. However, Iago (the antagonist) succeeds in making Othello think that Desdemona has been unfaithful; Othello kills Desdemona, then commits suicide at the end.
"Hamlet" - Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet of Denmark, who died of poisoning (at the hands of young Hamlet's uncle, Claudius). Claudius proceeds to marry with the mother of young Hamlet, while Hamlet finds out the truth about his father's death, and swears of revenge. The rest of the play is based on Hamlet's attempt to avenge his father, ending with the deaths of many major characters.
More info can be found easily on wikipedia.
2006-12-26 21:04:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basic plot of a tragedy can be summed up: Everybody Gets Killed. Shakespeare, in his tragedies, uses different characters and different settings from story to story, of course, but the overall plot remains the same.
The contrasting plot-model, then, is: Only the Bad Guys Get Killed. This is the one favored by modern-day fabulists such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
So how many literary plots are possible? Depends on how much one cares to subdivide.
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2006-12-29 12:39:55 · answer #2 · answered by Robert US of A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres a creepy sinister beginning
the main character or someone close to him/her goes mad
there is a battle of either emotions or simple brute strength
somebody close to main character dies
somebody screws somebody else usually the wife going behind the husbands back
then the husband kills the wife.
2006-12-27 05:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are many and varied. Very dark and brooding to light and romantic. Take your pick.
2006-12-27 05:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...this is where the name of a play would be helpful. He wrote a lot of them.
2006-12-27 05:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by K-Rex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋