A.C. Bradley defines a Shakespearean play as “a story of human actions producing exceptional calamity and endnig in the death of a man in high estate”. All of these are evident in the Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Human action is shown in the actions of Claudius, Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes. The calamity is established by the murders and deaths that occur in Hamlet, and the death of a man in high estate is defined …showed first 75 words of 629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 629 total…men in high estate provides the play with conflict, tragedy, and eventually resolution. It’s ironic that usually the resolution is a result of a death of a man in high estate. A. C Bradley believes that every Shakespearean tragedy is a “story of human actions producing exceptional calamity and ending in the death of a man in high estate”. His definition of a Shakespearean tragedy matches Hamlet and every other Shakepearean tragedy every written.