The Elizabethan Age and Hamlet

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The Elizabethan Age and Hamlet Revenge Tragedy The Elizabethan Age and Hamlet

Characteristics Play-within-a-play A melancholy , hesitant hero/avenger A villain Complex plotting Murder (typically from sexual motives) Sexual obsession/lust related to the desire for revenge Play-within-a-play A ghost (usually calls for vengeance) Real or faked insanity Death

Typical Structure 1. Exposition: ghost provides vengeance motive 2. Anticipation: detailed planning takes place 3. Confrontation: avenger versus victim 4. Delay: avenger hesitates to kill 5. Completion: revenge is completed. Usually the avenger dies

Hamlet Hamlet has 3 Revenge Plots Hamlet swears revenge on Claudius Laertes swears revenge on Hamlet Fortinbras swears revenge on King Hamlet

Morality of Revenge Human impulse to exact retribution from one who has wronged you or a family member Code of Hammurabi Old Testament maxim “an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth” “Code of Honor”

Morality of Revenge Elizabethan Age Civilly, revenge was a crime Punished as murder Religiously, revenge was a sin Soul is damned, condemned to suffer everlasting torment in Hell Is revenge always wrong?