"The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death; and an instantaneous death occurring by 'accident' in the midst of prosperity would not suffice for it. It is, in fact, essentially a tale of suffering and calamity conducting to death."

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Source : A. C. Bradley (2016). “Shakespearean Tragedy”, p.9, A. C. Bradley

A. C. Bradley

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