The author fundamentally proposes that basic intention that the noted Shakespearian plays like King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello are not really tragedies but they are in reality a piece of romantic tragedy or it can be stated that these works were examples romanticizing tragedy. In the same context, the author remarked that as a dramatist, Shakespeare had little or no interest in the traditional romantic form of literature that was successful in the medieval era or the form of texts that were the most influential of the age. Thus, it is evident from the arguments of the author believes in the thought process that though not in the usual pattern of the era Shakespeare constructed his works in the line of romantic nature but actually instrumented these elements of romance in tragedy and camouflaged the drama thus creating a new form of drama (Davis, p. 1).
Understanding Shakespeare’s development of drama in the story of Hamlet and other tragedies requires an understanding of the particular elements that are considered. Those elements include a sense of pride, a sense of honor, justice, loyalty and camaraderie, love and devotion that are translated regardless of the era in which the reader would exist along with the specifications of the fact that Hamlet, and the main characters of other tragedies, is a combination of three major elements that shapes his nature (King, p. 88). These are fundamentally his notion of spiritual knowledge along with his contemplative or reflective attitude. Additionally Hamlet is also shaped by the artistic or dramatic elements that reflect the internal confusions of the man. It can well be mentioned that the wondrous ability of Shakespearean works would be the very fact that translation into modern times is a simple endeavor and that the emotions, the reactions, in fact, the very basic instincts which are portrayed would and could easily be seen in this world as they were in the imagination of William Shakespeare (Lamb, p. 226). Thus, it can be easily stated that all the qualities of romantic drama are present in these texts so it is evident that the author was perfectly correct while making the statements.
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