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Arguably the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare,
Hamlet the is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero
suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet
commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting
cut with a poison tipped sword. But that is not all that is needed to consider a
play a tragedy, and sometimes a hero doesn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t even need to die. Making

Not every play in which a Hero dies is considered a tragedy. There are
more elements needed to label a play one. Probably the most important
element is an amount of free will. In every tragedy, the characters must
displays some. If every action is controlled by a hero\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s destiny, then the hero\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s
death can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that it could.......

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