The Eternal Battle Between Good And Evil In Shakespeare's Tragedies

The Eternal Battle between Good and Evil in Shakespeare's TragediesThe eternal battle between Good and Evil is, in many respects, similar to the cosmic conflict between order and chaos. The Taoist worldview suggests that life itself is interplay between these forces, and while order is made of the things we understand and with which we are familiar, chaos is formed of all the aspects of life which we do not understand, and among which we are unable to navigate our way. What is tragic and chaotic, however, is not always evil. A wolf's hunt of a rabbit may be fatal to the latter, and might seem tragic to the looker on, but such is the natural order of creation. Accordingly, the wolf is not evil for pursuing it. Shakespeare's tragedies play on this element of distinction between tragic and evil in order to emphasize the latter, and immortalize its battle with the forces of Good in Man's bosom.In order to accomplish a thorough analysis of this duality as depicted in Shakespeare's tragedies in a study so limited by time and space, it is preferable to limit our scope to four of his most renowned plays including Hamlet, <w:u