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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.
Hamlet's death could have been avoided many times.
Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not
take advantage of them. He also had the option of......

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