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    Hamlet As A Revenge Play

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    Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare's most important plays. The main character, Hamlet, seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father, the former king of Denmark. Hamlet is instructed to take revenge by his father's ghost. Throughout the play, Hamlet hesitates in his pursuit of revenge as he struggles with madness and thoughts of suicide, but ultimately fulfills his task by killing Claudius at the end of the tragedy. The play contains many elements common to revenge tragedies, such as a ghost instructing a son to avenge a father's murder, the hero's hesitation, and long soliloquies.

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    Hamlet As A Revenge Play

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    Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare's most important plays. The main character, Hamlet, seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father, the former king of Denmark. Hamlet is instructed to take revenge by his father's ghost. Throughout the play, Hamlet hesitates in his pursuit of revenge as he struggles with madness and thoughts of suicide, but ultimately fulfills his task by killing Claudius at the end of the tragedy. The play contains many elements common to revenge tragedies, such as a ghost instructing a son to avenge a father's murder, the hero's hesitation, and long soliloquies.

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    Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare's most important plays. The main character, Hamlet, seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father, the former king of Denmark. Hamlet is instructed to take revenge by his father's ghost. Throughout the play, Hamlet hesitates in his pursuit of revenge as he struggles with madness and thoughts of suicide, but ultimately fulfills his task by killing Claudius at the end of the tragedy. The play contains many elements common to revenge tragedies, such as a ghost instructing a son to avenge a father's murder, the hero's hesitation, and long soliloquies.

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    Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare's most important plays. The main character, Hamlet, seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father, the former king of Denmark. Hamlet is instructed to take revenge by his father's ghost. Throughout the play, Hamlet hesitates in his pursuit of revenge as he struggles with madness and thoughts of suicide, but ultimately fulfills his task by killing Claudius at the end of the tragedy. The play contains many elements common to revenge tragedies, such as a ghost instructing a son to avenge a father's murder, the hero's hesitation, and long soliloquies.

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    As mentioned during the paper, Hamlet has been one of the most

    important plays written by Shakespeare. The main character experiences


    different states, from sanity to madness or even the idea of committing
    suicide but there is one strong feeling that makes our hero continue: revenge.
    This seed was planted by the ghost of the former King of Denmark, his own
    father that apart from telling him how he was killed by the hand of his own
    brother asks Hamlet to take revenge on Claudius. This inquiry leads the
    Prince the pursuit of vengeance during the entire play.
    As the tragedy continues, the reader could notice that revenge is an
    important topic and might consider that it is a revenge tragedy. It requires
    certain themes like the revenge of a father for a son, a ghost that involves on it
    or a play within the play. Other elements might be hesitation of the hero,
    insanity, suicide, a villain or long soliloquies.
    The main plot of this play is Hamlets revenge towards his Claudius. The
    beginning of it occurs when the ghost of Hamlets father appears and tells him
    "So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear" (1.5). Whereas Hamlet is not
    convinced of doing it, the ghost describes how he was murdered and insists
    "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (1.5). In these quotations, the
    reader can spot one of the features of a revenge play: the revenge of a son for
    a father and a specter involved on it.
    As the storyline continues, the lector can see how Hamlet tries to
    accomplish his task. He wanted to be sure that Claudius indeed killed his
    father. He needed a proof:
    The plays the thing
    Wherein Ill catch the conscience of the king (2.2)
    He decided to obtain it by representing his fathers death on a story called The
    Murder of Gonzago - he certainly could achieve his purpose (3.2). In 3.3,
    Hamlet finally has the opportunity to conclude his journey when he sees
    Claudius in his chamber praying but, after performing a soliloquy, he decides
    not doing it because
    I, his sole son, do this same villain end, to heaven.
    O, this is hire and salary, not revenge (3.3)
    So Hamlet preferred killing Claudius in another circumstances
    When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,

    Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed,


    At gaming, swearing, or about some act. (3.3)
    Taking into consideration these quotations, the reader can also find another
    instance of a revenge play: the hesitation of the hero. When the play is about
    to finish, Hamlet stabs Claudius (5.2) and obliges him to drink the poisoned
    wine. The revenge is fulfilled and the hero also dies.
    To conclude, Hamlet is an important play which is considered the apotheosis
    of the revenge tragedy. It has some important features of it as a personal
    revenge that could be prompted by a ghost, moments of hesitation, an insane
    character and long soliloquies. Having these features on its plot, it could be
    said that Hamlet is a Revenge Play.
    Bibliography:
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_play

    Kyd, Thomas. The Spanish Tragedy.

    The Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy

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