Tragédie du Désir: Amour comme Préoccupation Théâtrale dans les Oeuvres de Shakespeare, “Othello” and “Hamlet”
The Tragedy of Desire : Love as Theatrical Preoccupation in Shakespeare’s „Othello” and „Hamlet”

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to read William Shakespeare’s works Othello and Hamlet. It is mainly concerned with the tragic situations that William Shakespeare dwelt on with a particular interest in both tragedies. From the thematic standpoint, these tragedies depend most intimately on the strength of emotional and passionate love, and the involvement of multiple deaths, culminating in the tragic fall of the hero, or catastrophe. William Shakespeare’s amazing capacity of making his characters react incredibly to the situations they are entangled triggers the tragedy of human wrong doing and suffering and the struggle of man to organize himself into the social order. Terror and pity have been the hallmark of Shakespeare throughout the tragic writings of his literary achievements. The main concern in the present essay will center on the theme of love in its various incarnations and implications in Othello and Hamlet.

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