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正面 11 . When were Shakespeare′s main tragedies written ? What did he write about in his tragedies ?
《》 Part Ⅳ The Renaissance
背面 Shakespeare′s main tragedies were written during the
period of gloom and depression which dated from 1600 to
1607 .
Shakespeare′s great tragedies are associated with a pe-
riod of gloom and sorrow in his life . During this period,
England witnessed a general unrest, social contradictions
became very sharp . What caused the writer′s personal sad-
ness is unknown to us . It is generally attributed to the po-
litical misfortune of his friend and patron, Earl of Essex,
who was killed by the Queen .
His main tragedies are: “Hamlet”,“Othello”,“King
Lear”, and“Macbeth”. All of these plays express a pro-
found dissatisfaction with life . They show the struggle and
conflicts between good and evil of the time, between jus-
tice and injustice . In these plays, the writer Shakespeare
condemns the dark and evil society .

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