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

2 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

3 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

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

5 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”

6 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?

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