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CONVENTIONS OF A SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
What are Shakespearean tragedies? Well they simply share the same conventions and features, for example; Romeo and Juliet verses Othello. Conventions are an element that all stories have in common. In Romeo and Juliet and Othello there are similarities in the characters and the general idea of the stories.
Now, to explain the definition of hero. A hero is a person that has skills of nobility, strength, and brains. If someone is going to be a hero having these qualities would come in handy because a person needs to be a strong individual to be able to make it through wars and be able to be smart to think of where the places would be to hide while in war. Making the most important decisions is also part of what a hero does because they are the people who are supposed to protect everyone else. “Tragic Hero.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Wed. 08 May 2014.
In Othello, he`s known as a tragic hero. One of my favorite quotes by Othello would have to be, “I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.” Othello is a noble man because he’s trustworthy and he’s hated and loved by some people. Some people felt like they could trust him and them some just called his the black ram but to him no matter what people said about him he still knew he was the one who was the general and didn’t care what people had to say. “Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus” –Othello. “Othello Quotes.” By William Shakespeare. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2014.
Romeo and Juliet was a love story that interests people to want to read it. It’s the ultimate story because as you watch it and read it you can feel the tension as you read it or watch it. It’s about how these two lovers meet at a dance and they in...

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Finally, in romeo and Juliet it was pretty obvious who was going to die only because of the little plan that Juliet came up with. But in Othello it made you want to keep reading just to see if anyone was going to die and find out who it was going to be. In Othello all the people who were killingeah other kind of made some people say why only because there was servants killing servants or there was peole who had a servant killed their servant. Then Othello kill his own wife Desdemona. Butin romeo and Juliet there wasn’t so much of a blood bath because not many people knew about the love that they had going on with each other. But for a person to compare two of Shakespeare’s stories picking Romeo and Juliet and comparing it to Othello would be the best idea bcause they are the two that are the most similar.

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