 Popular during the late 16 th and early 17 th century  Based off Roman/Greek tragedies  Somewhat based of Thomas Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy.

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 Popular during the late 16 th and early 17 th century  Based off Roman/Greek tragedies  Somewhat based of Thomas Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy

 Play within a play  Insanity/mad scenes  Gory scenes  Vengeful ghosts/supernatural characters  Central character with a grievance against an opponent

 Murder  Revenge  Plotting, disguise, intrigue  Madness  Death… Death… Death…

 Written between  Longest play written – 4,042 lines  Hamlet has 1, 530 lines  No basis in historical events  45 movie versions  “To be or not to be” most quoted line  Allusions in pop-culture ▪ The Lion King ▪ Billy Madison Billy Madison ▪ The Simpsons The Simpsons

REVENGE  Noun  To take vengeance for AVENGE  Verb  To take vengeance on behalf of

 Symbolism  Puns  Word Choice  Double meanings  Madness v. Sadness  Random Fortune v. Divine Master Plan  Underlying Sexuality  Revenging v. Avenging  Death and responsibility