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 * Shakespeare<ref>AbsoluteShakespeare, . "Shakespeare's Plays." <i>Absolute Shakespeare</i>. N.p., 2000-2005. Web. <http://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/plays.htm></ref>
 ** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253508/Hamlet Hamlet]</i> - While attempting to avenge his father's death, Hamlet is murdered, along with many other characters.
-** <i>[[Othello]]</i> - Othello is tricked into believing his wife has a lover.  He then kills her, realizes her innocence, and takes his own life.
+** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/434636/Othello Othello]</i> - Othello is tricked into believing his wife has a lover.  He then kills her, realizes her innocence, and takes his own life.
-** <i>[[MacBeth]]</i> - MacBeth commits regicide, and then himself comes to an untimely end on the battlefield.
+** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/353785/Macbeth MacBeth]</i> - MacBeth commits regicide, and then himself comes to an untimely end on the battlefield.
-** <i>[[King Lear]]</i> - Cordelia comes to the aid of her father and is imprisoned and sentenced to death.
+** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318478/King-Lear King Lear]</i> - Cordelia comes to the aid of her father and is imprisoned and sentenced to death.
-** <i>[[Antony and Cleopatra]]</i> - Antony commits suicide after assuming he has lost his lover, Cleopatra, to another man; she finds him dead and commits suicide as well.
+** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/508921/Romeo-and-Juliet Romeo and Juliet]</i> - Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers who commit suicide when faced with the fear of not being together.
-** <i>[[Romeo and Juliet]]</i> - Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers who commit suicide for fear of not being together.
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