Shakespeare's Tragedies

Author: Shakespeare
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German poet, once famously said, "Shakespeare is inexhaustible!" Cao Yu, a renowned Chinese playwright, once exclaimed, "Shakespeare is a giant who forever amazes and delights humanity!" Shakespeare is widely recognized as a world-class master of drama. His works are rich in the vastness of life, profound knowledge, and inexhaustible deep thoughts. This book collects five of Shakespeare's tragic masterpieces, including those themed around "love," such as Romeo and Juliet and Othello; those centered on the theme of "revenge," such as Hamlet; and those that directly expose the evils of "ambition," "money," and "power," such as King Lear and Macbeth.