April 2021

In the end of the day I know I’ll never be able to appreciate The Tempest as much as I should because I learned it in school before I got into Shakespeare and didn’t really like how it was taught

The 11 Types of Characters that Die in Shakespearean Tragedies

(Every dead Shakespeare tragedy character fits into one or more of these categories)

  1. Guy with very few lines who’s still relevant and/or a fan favorite character
  2. Annoying person who you’re glad will have no more stage time
  3. Tragic Innocent Woman
  4. Main Antagonist
  5. Title character
  6. Comic Relief 
  7. Bystander caught in the crossfire of everyone else’s bad decisions 
  8. Old Man
  9. King
  10. Someone’s Wife 
  11. Guy who’s actually Right in his own way but being correct doesn’t stop you from dying. sorry.