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lil · 3607 days ago · link · · parent · post: Any Shakespeare Lovers on Hubski: King Lear or What's Love Got to Do with It?
I guess King Lear is a comedy then because Kent is alive at the end and Edgar -- but EVERYONE else is dead dead dead. There's so much death that when Edmond (the bastard son of Gloucester) who caused so much trouble dies, the comment is "That's but a trifle here." In Hamlet, pretty much everyone dies. MacBeth too. If you're interested, read my blog about the difference between Comedy and Tragedy in Shakespeare.