Question

A Shakespearean play that focuses on the flaws and mistakes of the protagonists is known as a

a. tragedy.
b. folly.
c. comedy.
d. history.

Answer 1

In my view it's a. tragedy. Shakespearean tragedy is the most famous drama classification. At first we have a protagonist. Then he fails something. And finally we can see fatal aftermath of all his mistakes.

Answer 2

ANSWER: a. tragedy.

EXPLANATION: Many of William Shakespeare's writings were tragedies. His romantic writings were released at a later stage in his career and was either classified as a tragedy or a comedy. Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra are few of the tragedy plays of Shakespeare.