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Sir Philip Sidney claims in The Defense of Poesy that tragedy “teacheth the uncertainty of this world.” This argument will be examined in three major tragedies: Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, and King Lear. There is an aspect of risk in these tragedies that is uncertain and has no measurable likelihood. Uncertainty in these works can range from a lack of certainty to an almost complete lack of definite information, especially about the outcome or consequence of a main character's action or a main character in the job in question makes a decision. In the majority of instances, it seems as if nothing was planned ahead of time. If any of the main characters in the titles I listed above knows the result of his or her decision in advance, he or she will not make it.
In my article, I'll show how the main characters' decisions have repercussions in their lives and have an effect on their future.
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To Cite this Article: Dohal, G. H. (2021). Tragedy and Sidney’s Idea of “The Uncertainty of this World’’. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(6), 1391–1396.
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