Shakespeare's+Tragedies

There are many tragedies by Shakespeare and Hamlet is one of them. Hamlet's tragic flaw is his inability to act - to avenge his father's death. When the ghost of his dead father appears to him and charges him with the arduous task of avenging his most foul murder, Hamlet accepts the challenge. But, as the play progresses, Hamlet finds it difficult to execute such a murderous task. In order to delay killing Claudius, Hamlet plans to act crazy, which forces Claudius to send him to England. Simply said, Hamlet's inability to actand to avenge his father's death has led him, as well as many others to their bloody graves.

Another tragedy by Shakespeare is Macbeth. It's a tragedy in the classical sense because Macbeth's downfall is entirely his own fault. He listens to the kooky witches and decides (with his wife's nagging) to kill Duncan. He has Banquo and the Macduff family murdered. His unchecked ambition and his belief in his own invincibility ultimately leads to his destruction.

The last tragedy by Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. Juliet can't be with her boyfriend Romeo because Romeo killed her cousin Tybalt because Tybalt kills Mercutio. After awhile Juliet returns home to discover the wedding has been moved ahead one day, and she is to be married tomorrow. That night, Juliet drinks a potion, and the nurse discovers her, apparently dead, the next morning. The Capulets grieve, and Juliet is entombed according to plan. But Friar Lawrence's message explaining the plan to Romeo never reaches Mantua. It's bearer, Friar John, gets confined to a quarantine house. Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead.

Romeo learns only of Juliet's death and decides to kill himself rather than live without her. He buys a vial of poison from a reluctant Apothecary, then speeds back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet's tomb. Then sees Paris circling Juliet's grave and they fight each other to the death and Romeo wins. Then Romeo sees Juliet's dead body and drinks the poison. Then Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo's dead body, so she kisses his poisoned lips to kill herself, but when that doesn't work she buries a dagger into her heart.