Bradley+1-1

 The Shakespearean tragedy is pre-eminently the story of the hero In a Shakespearean tragedy the hero must always dies  The story will always show part of the hero’s life which PRECEDES the outcome in #2.  The “suffering and calamity” are a rule, unexpected , exceptional and contrasted with previous happiness and glory.  The suffering must affect the the hero  In contrast to the medieval fortune concept of a hero, the hero of a Shakespearean tragedy must be a person of high degree.  The fall of this person produces a sense of drama and produces a contrast that illustrates the powerlessness of man along with the omnipotence or caprice of fortune or fate.