Love Leads to Tragedy

In a large number of Shakespeare's plays there is one clear running theme "Love Leads to Tragedy". From most if not all of the Shakespeare plays that I have read through my high-school career is theme has played a significant role in the plot. The love of one character for another person or general being leads to fatal tragedy that either works as part of the plot in the play or as the ending.

In Romeo and Juliet the love that these two young star crossed lovers share leads them to death in their quest to be together against the wishes of their waring families. A beautiful love story leads to fatal tragedy. The death of these to characters works to end the play and resolve the complications between the waring families, if only they would have stopped this before their children's lives were taken.

In Othello, Othello's great love for Desdemona leads him into madness when he believes that she is having an affair with one of his close friends. Little does he know that this all is a plot against him to create conflict and have him removed from his position. In rage and jealousy Othello kills Desdemona who is completely innocent and loved him and only him until the moment she died. After her death Othello finds the truth and so angry and disgusted with himself he ends his own life. This ends the play and again resolves the conflict in the story but leaves to lovers dead at the hands of hate.

In Hamlet, Hamlet's great love and respect for his father leaves him jaded, depressed, and quite possibly mad. Hamlet cannot move on from his father's death as it seems like the world is moving on around without him. Hamlet learns from a ghost of his father who is true murder is and Hamlet then filled with vengeance that started from lost love plots to kill his uncle. This all leads up to the end of the play where all of the main characters are dead, all stemming from the love of a son for his father.

(Do you believe that I am correct with my assumption about Shakespeare's work is correct? Think back the Shakespeare you have read do you have any other examples that go along with this theme?)