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Violence
A lot
Significant; Shakespeare's tragedies involve murders, suicides, battles, and deaths — central to the form
Language
None
No strong language; Elizabethan dramatic verse
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; romantic and sometimes adult-coded content in period-appropriate verse
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; drinking and the social world of the plays
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; Shakespeare's tragedies are sustained studies in the psychology of destruction — jealousy, ambition, grief, and love
What this book is about
This collection gathers Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies — Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet — in one volume. Each play is a masterwork of English literature; together they represent the comprehensive range of tragic possibility, from the tragedy of indecision to the tragedy of jealousy, ambition, aging, and young love destroyed by old hatred.
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