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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 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. | ||