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discussed the substance of a Shakespearean tragedy, we should naturally go on to examine the form. And under this head many things might be included; for example, Shakespeare’s methods of characterisation, his language, his versification, the construction of his plots. I intend, however, to speak only of the last of these subjects, which has been somewhat neglected; and, as construction is a more or less technical matter, I shall add some general remarks on Shakespeare as an artist.

As a Shakespearean tragedy represents a conflict which terminates in a catastrophe, any such