Tragic Hereos in Shakespearean Literature

Now I could go into a well wriiten (typed) paragraph prasing Shakespeare on his works, mentioning influening events in his life, citing upon detail each and everyone event that has had a finger stuck into Shajespeare's outrageously large pie. I could say that even if the language is alien and incomprehensiable that it still conveys a meaning of life, the choices we make, the obstacles we face and the consequences we deal with. I could say all that and a bag of chips, but I'm rather bored and I know if I speak more of him I'll put everyone to sleep.

For those who hold interest in Shakespearean literature, and for that matter, the tragedies he wrote, please continue. Or if you're that bored and waiting for the next episode of something interesting to pop up at you on your tv or laptop, please use this as a time killer.

Those who have read Shakespeare and stayed more than conscious to understand and interpret it and go so far as think each characters shoes, I pose this question to you: Who is the most tragic Shakespeare tragic hero? Why and please explain in at least a paragraph.

I myself am torn between Hamlet and Romeo due to there young ages and mindsets. But I'll explain more on Hamlet because I'm not feelibg up to explaining Romeo too. That and everyone should at least understand who that romantic fool is.

Spoils put ahead for those who want to read Shakespeare. If you don't… meh, screw it.

Macbeth Hamnet Hamlet:


But then again, that's my expert amateur opinion.

Maybe there's a better die hard Shakespeare fan out there who can explain one of Shakespeare's tragic heroes in a truly heartbreaking light.

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Above the spoiler, you meant to put "Hamlet" right? You put Macbeth, so I was a bit confused since Macbeth is pretty far from a tragic hero lol. So yeah, just a small typo there.

Personally, I think Hamlet is more of a tragic hero than Romeo. I think he experiences more tragedy, since he loses his father due to his uncle's greed, his love Ophelia drowns herself, Hamlet is forced to kill Laertes, etc. Everything pretty much goes to shit in the end since everyone dies.

As for Romeo and Juliet, I just can't take the story seriously. Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight, and in my opinion love at first sight sounds a lot like lust. Plus there's just so many huge misunderstandings that its ridiculous. The Montague and Capulet families didn't have a good reason to hate each other if I remember correctly, Romeo commits suicide because he thinks Juliet died, Juliet killed herself after waking up from her fake death, etc. The fact that all of that could have been easily avoided is tragic, but it also feels really ridiculous and unrealistic. Talk about a lack of communication. That's just my opinion though.

Macbeth is a tragic hero. The difference between all of the othe tragic heroes and Macbeth is that Macbeth is a tragic hero of choice, not destiny. Had Macbeth waited for Duncan to die and Malcolm to abdicate (only a ver slight maybe) his throne, Macbeth would have stayed a true blue hero. Instead, he chose to worry about the prophecy of the Weird Sisters coming true and attempting to bring it to fruition. Not only that, but we see Macbeth's descent into madness and acceptance of the sins he has committed, yet still wanting to carry out his own plot to hold his throne. In the scene before the battle, we see Macbeth accepting that, if he either wins or loses, his future is bleak and barren, for his court would hold no truly loyal subjects, nor comrades-in-arms.

Oh, and fixed that typo.



Everything in life that ends in personal tragedy is a failure of communication or a misinterpretation of communication. What the end shows is that it took a young man and young woman who loved each other (despite their own families' words, their own deep seated hatred for the other for what they were and despite the chance of never seeing another day because of that love), to stop a pointless war as you pointed out that claimed others' lives. Had they not warred, Romeo and Juliet would have had the chance to let their love blossom at a gradual pace. If you think about it, because of the tense world they lived in, they had a mindset that nothing was ever garunteed.

Remember, Tybalt was sent to kill Romeo so that the affair he was having with Juliet would end. Romeo kills him in both self-defence and because he is ordered to kill his enemy. Tybalt is also Juliet's cousin, yet Juliet still loves Romeo. Why? It is because she knows the circumstances they live in, yet because Romeo hides away in shame for killing his love's kinsmen, he never hears her words. They both also know, had this conflict never occurred, Tybalt and Romeo could have possibly been friends.

Romeo is a tragic hero of obligation and circumstance and by proxy love, for it was his love for Juliet and ger love for him that embroiled the blood fued further, yet also ended it. Romeo and Juliet is an ironic tragic play, the love that blossomed so fast and died so quickly was tge cause of the bloodiest chapter in the Montague-Capulet War yet also with the death of the two, brought the end of a war that thrived for generations with neither side ready to forgive or forget.

So one could saw that Romeo and Juliet loved each other the same they loved their families, hoping that a union between them would cease the fighting; or if not, that their deaths would spurn the hatred within each family away and show the compassion that lay underneath.

Then again, this is my expert amateur opinion.