Romeo and Juliet and the true nature of tragedy and comedy

Few, if any endings are more tragic, but therein lies Shakespeare’s clever trick.  To produce such an effect, he hid a tragedy in what is truly a comedy, the comedy of life itself.  Everyone knows Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because any play that ends with two young lovers, the main characters of… Continue reading Romeo and Juliet and the true nature of tragedy and comedy