Shakespeare's Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear & Macbeth

Shakespeare's Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear & MacbethFour of the most important plays ever written, each one a masterpiece in human psychology, with a flawed yet fascinating main character at its heart. In more than five hundred years the characters that inhabit the tragedies of William Shakespeare have not been equalled in English literature. Macbeth: a study in overweening pride, driven to commit regicide and ultimately to despotism by an ambitious, scheming wife. Othello: an outwardly strong man, a

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Angie wants to figure out what to do with her life

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while Susan creates a world that will never allow her mother to leave

Stanley's dad tells him that he can do anything he sets his mind to