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-During the late 16th Century playwright William Shakespeare composed several different tragedies, which simply became known as the Shakespearean tragedies. Today Shakespeare is seen as one of the founders of British tragedies. Scholars typically break these tragedies into three distinct periods. The first period, which is marked by the tragedy ''Titus Andronicus'', occurs around 1590-1594. The second period produced some of his most famous works from ''Julius Caesar'' to ''Romeo and Juliet'', which occurs around 1595-1601. Finally the third period of tragedies, which produced ''Othello'', ''Macbeth'', and ''Hamlet'', occurs around 1602-1610.
+During the late 16th Century playwright William Shakespeare composed several works during the Renaissance Tragedy era, which simply became known as the Shakespearean tragedies.<ref>http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl339/tragedy.html</ref> Today Shakespeare is seen as one of the founders of British tragedies. Scholars typically break these tragedies into three distinct periods. The first period, which is marked by the tragedy ''Titus Andronicus'', occurs around 1590-1594. The second period occurs around 1595-1601, and produces works like ''Julius Caesar''. Finally the third period of tragedies, which produces some of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies including, ''Othello'', ''Macbeth'', and ''Hamlet'', occurs around 1602-1610.<ref>http://absoluteshakespeare.com/william_shakespeare.htm</ref>
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