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In the first scenes, the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears to him and tells him how he died not of natural causes but was murdered by his brother Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle), who subsequently became king.\n\nThe ghost of Hamlet’s father then instructs him to avenge his murder. Afterwards, Hamlet is crippled with inaction grappling with the moral consequences of revenge by murder.\n\n![Graph](image://075fcc7b-b281-41d9-86a6-7401c1baf5ff \"Hamlet - perhaps the most iconic figure in all of English literature. 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Hamlet himself is a complex figure, torn between his desire for revenge and his fear of the consequences of his actions.\n\nClaudius, Hamlet’s murderous uncle, is a villainous figure, but also a sympathetic one, as he is driven by his own ambition and guilt.\n\nSimilarly, like many of Shakespeare’s tragedies, *Hamlet* features comedic characters but is usually shot through with sinister elements.\n\nFor instance, the King’s counselor, Polonius, is often seen as a comic figure because of his pompous and convoluted speeches, but he is also crafty and manipulative.\n\nPolonius’s role in the play is multifaceted: he acts as a counselor to the king, spies on Hamlet, and meddles in the affairs of his children. Polonius sends his servant Reynaldo to spy on his son Laertes in Paris and uses his daughter Ophelia to determine whether Hamlet’s erratic behavior is due to his love for her.\n\nPolonius’s penchant for espionage leads to his demise; he eavesdrops on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother, Queen Gertrude, and Hamlet, thinking he is Claudius, stabs Polonius through a tapestry.","fe579f2f-a7bf-455b-9070-eff18389f8ce",[90,102],{"id":69,"data":91,"type":56,"version":28,"maxContentLevel":28},{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":92,"multiChoiceQuestion":93,"multiChoiceCorrect":95,"multiChoiceIncorrect":96,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":98,"matchPairsPairs":99},[66,70],[94],"Who is Ophelia's manipulative father?",[76],[74,77,97],"Hamlet",[80],[100],{"left":76,"right":101,"direction":28},"Ophelia's father, manipulative",{"id":70,"data":103,"type":56,"version":28,"maxContentLevel":28},{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":104,"multiChoiceQuestion":105,"multiChoiceCorrect":107,"multiChoiceIncorrect":109,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":111,"matchPairsPairs":112},[66,69],[106],"Which of the characters below goes mad in Hamlet?",[108],"Ophelia",[74,76,110],"Yorick",[80],[113],{"left":108,"right":114,"direction":28},"Goes mad",{"id":116,"data":117,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":28,"version":28,"reviews":120},"d5759e66-2f2e-4ffe-bede-602c34870e5b",{"type":37,"markdownContent":118,"audioMediaId":119},"*Macbeth* is another great example of Shakespeare’s tragedies of power, and its story deals primarily with the consequences of too much ambition.\n\nThe play follows the titular character, Macbeth, as he is tempted by the prophecies of three witches, who tell Macbeth at the beginning of the play how he will eventually become king.\n\nMacbeth then allows this idea to obsess him, and, spurred on by his wife, he’s eventually compelled to kill the current King and take his place, fulfilling the prophecy.\n\n![Graph](image://a852288d-ea6a-44a4-b060-d1b27ba51f36 \"Macbeth meets the witches. 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The play serves as a warning against the consequences of power without morality.","f5cc986e-4197-4dc5-9929-34629f5239ee",[121,140],{"id":122,"data":123,"type":56,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":28},"2eb4cdac-504d-448f-8f44-21f1e47a6f73",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":124,"multiChoiceQuestion":128,"multiChoiceCorrect":130,"multiChoiceIncorrect":132,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":136,"matchPairsPairs":137},[125,126,127],"70de4b18-61a3-430e-8331-f13f7baa5f25","d831889e-43a5-493b-908d-1b17e2678e98","1c6a7f29-ac74-4d45-b5e5-2fb598cf3a0c",[129],"Which of the following themes is most central to the plot of Macbeth?",[131],"Ambition",[133,134,135],"Jealousy","Mistaken identity","Hypocrisy",[80],[138],{"left":139,"right":131,"direction":28},"Central to the plot of Macbeth.",{"id":141,"data":142,"type":56,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":28},"ecb9b8ce-d41f-48a2-8b8a-6c9a16d8ba02",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":143,"multiChoiceQuestion":147,"multiChoiceCorrect":149,"multiChoiceIncorrect":151,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":155,"matchPairsPairs":156},[144,145,146],"fcd0da47-9948-4cdb-ae6d-c54c097f06ca","a77a5885-114e-4b20-857d-8f69953709d5","c5ffd2f0-0c96-4ff7-acb5-c960d23046e2",[148],"Where did Macbeth's murder of the king take place, which led to his downfall?",[150],"Scotland",[152,153,154],"England","Denmark","Ireland",[80],[157],{"left":158,"right":150,"direction":28},"Macbeth's murder of the King, his downfall.",{"id":160,"data":161,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":28,"version":28,"reviews":164},"562979bc-3289-47b3-99f8-f0a9c344e183",{"type":37,"markdownContent":162,"audioMediaId":163},"*King Lear* was a play written by Shakespeare in 1606 and was described by Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley as “the most perfect specimen of dramatic art existing in the world”.\n\n![Graph](image://c60f68e5-aafa-43cc-9a25-e52cee2c0695 \"Lear's daughter Cordelia. 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It tells the story of two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets, who are at war throughout the streets of Verona.\n\n![Graph](image://02f38235-7780-4e53-9eb2-e612c00b10ec \"Romeo and Juliet meet on the balcony. Image: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.\")\n\nHowever, the two children of the family fall in love with each other, secretly marrying with the help of the local friar. In the end, both lovers end up committing suicide because they can’t bear to live without each other.\n\nThe play highlights the power of love, as Romeo and Juliet are willing to risk everything for it. Fate is also a major theme in the play, as it is fate that brings the two lovers together and ultimately leads to their downfall.","f08deba9-abc0-41a6-9809-99451385e21f",[211,223,241],{"id":212,"data":213,"type":56,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":28},"603187e5-b45b-4309-8c82-f24a429b4f7e",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"multiChoiceQuestion":214,"multiChoiceCorrect":216,"multiChoiceIncorrect":219,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":185,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[215],"Which families are involved in the rivalry depicted in \"Romeo and Juliet\"?",[217,218],"Montagues","Capulets",[220,221,222],"Fortescue","Winslets","Ferdinandos",{"id":224,"data":225,"type":56,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":28},"aed1b331-89f7-4e5e-b506-6555167f351d",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":226,"multiChoiceQuestion":229,"multiChoiceCorrect":231,"multiChoiceIncorrect":233,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":237,"matchPairsPairs":238},[227,228],"be1575dd-2965-4810-8b6c-af0beaa9b628","d44d96b3-6594-45f2-881a-40371f6fe7d7",[230],"Which of the following is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?",[232],"Verona",[234,235,236],"Venice","Athens","Vienna",[80],[239],{"left":240,"right":232,"direction":28},"Setting of Romeo and Juliet",{"id":242,"data":243,"type":56,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":19},"763e3d84-5511-4bb8-b902-abf121e8a03d",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"evolvingBehavior":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"multiChoiceQuestion":244,"multiChoiceCorrect":246,"multiChoiceIncorrect":247,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":248,"matchPairsPairs":249},[245],"Which character commits suicide in one of Shakespeare's plays?",[77],[74,76,108],[80],[250],{"left":77,"right":251,"direction":28},"Commits suicide by stabbing",{"id":253,"data":254,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":28,"version":25,"reviews":257},"4df50512-3c94-47e3-902b-eaf4d01df424",{"type":37,"markdownContent":255,"audioMediaId":256},"After Romeo and Juliet, the other major tragedy of love written by Shakespeare is *Othello*.\n\n*Othello* is a story about a general in the Venetian army who overcame racial prejudice to become powerful and well-respected. But as much as he excels on the battlefield, his love life is where things start to unravel.\n\n![Graph](image://f4b2465c-be7f-4e30-b00c-f29076959ce7 \"A modern production of Othello. Image: Nawe97, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.\")\n\nOthello falls for the lovely Desdemona, and they marry in secret. But not everyone is happy for the couple. In fact, the villainous Iago, who pretends to be Othello’s friend and advisor, is determined to ruin their happiness.\n\nIago manipulates Othello by planting the idea that Desdemona is cheating on him with his lieutenant, Cassio. Unfortunately, Othello starts to believe it.","ed4d04c4-42df-47eb-953a-e0a5370915a3",[258,269,280],{"id":227,"data":259,"type":56,"version":37,"maxContentLevel":28},{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":260,"multiChoiceQuestion":261,"multiChoiceCorrect":263,"multiChoiceIncorrect":264,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":265,"matchPairsPairs":266},[224,228],[262],"Which of the following is the setting of Othello?'",[234],[232,235,236],[80],[267],{"left":268,"right":234,"direction":28},"Setting of Othello",{"id":125,"data":270,"type":56,"version":37,"maxContentLevel":28},{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"collapsingSiblings":271,"multiChoiceQuestion":272,"multiChoiceCorrect":274,"multiChoiceIncorrect":275,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":276,"matchPairsPairs":277},[122,126,127],[273],"Which of the following themes is most central to the plot of Othello?",[133],[131,134,135],[80],[278],{"left":279,"right":133,"direction":28},"Central to the plot of Othello.",{"id":281,"data":282,"type":56,"version":37,"maxContentLevel":28},"3ee858e2-8b97-410a-a20d-355fb5588d6e",{"type":56,"reviewType":28,"spacingBehaviour":37,"multiChoiceQuestion":283,"multiChoiceCorrect":285,"multiChoiceIncorrect":287,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[284],"Who is the manipulative friend in Othello?",[286],"Iago",[288,289,76],"Cassio","Angelo",{"id":291,"data":292,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":28,"version":51,"reviews":295},"d5a7c48e-1a46-40b8-afbc-70c8bea1ed25",{"type":37,"markdownContent":293,"audioMediaId":294},"In the end, Othello's jealousy drives him to smother Desdemona in her bed. But he's not the only one who's met a tragic end. Iago's scheming also costs the lives of a few others, including his own wife.\n\nIt's not until Othello realizes the truth that he turns on Iago, stabbing him before killing himself. It's a heartbreaking tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal that leaves no one unscathed.\n\nIn a nutshell, *Othello* is a story about a guy who has it all, except the ability to trust his own wife. 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