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This interpretation of the essay question doesn’t adequately identify the critical issues which are being highlighted by the question. The student only looks at the how characters in the play are 'guilty', and does not broaden this out to try and evaluate the validity of the statement that 'Elizabethan tragedy shifts the emphasis of guilt away from the individual to those around him'. A possible and more productive rewording of the essay title might be as follows: 'How far does Elizabethan tragedy differ from previous models of tragedy in terms of the blame/guilt attributed to the figure at the centre of the action? Is the individual responsible for their tragedy, or is it rather the responsibility of those around them?' The question might then be broken down in the following way: what are the characteristics of tragedy prior to the Elizabethan period?
Approximate Word count = 486
Approximate Pages = 1.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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