Shakespeare, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...portrayal of political leaders as tragic heroes, Coriolanus and Antony...The last two plays in the Shakespearean corpus, Henry VIII and The...They feature characters of tragic potential, but resemble comedy...a burlesque of the kind of tragic love that he idealizes in Romeo...