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    "Revenge tragedy" and "the revenge play" are twentieth-century terms which owe their origin to A. H. Thorndike. Early in this century, Thorndike used the terms to categorize a number of Elizabethan and Jacobean plays, whose leading aim is revenge and whose main actions deal with the progress of this revenge. Fredson Bowers then popularized these terms in his important study entitled “Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy 1587-1642”. The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd, is the foundation of Elizabethan revenge tragedy. It was primarily moral and philosophical, along with a Senecan style and structure. The play uses most of the Elizabethan conventions for a revenge tragedy. Typical elements in an Elizabethan revenge tragedy include the main character’s…

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    Revenge Tragedy Analysis

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    Revenge tragedy was a popular form of theater among the playwrights and the populace of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. According to Broude, revenge tragedy is “fundamentally un-Christian, based upon a barbaric ethic derived from Senecan tragedy and the Anglo-Saxon blood feud” (1975: 39). The word revenge in renaissance period had a meaning near to retribution, and revenge plays were concerned mainly with divine retribution (cf. Ibid.: 39). During Jacobean period, some conventions were…

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    Theatrical productions have been transformed onto film for decades. Some directors remain faithful to the original manuscript, while others take liberties altering elements of the play to create a new reality of an otherwise classic production. However, the thoughts and strategies utilized behind each director’s decision as to how they will portray the selected works of Shakespeare to a modern-day audience are as unique to the individual director as it is to the production itself. How each…

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    “Shakespeare’s Ovidian precursor delivers a tale of gore that develops the themes of barbarism and silence. In Titus, Shakespeare roots out the essence of Ovid’s characters, exposes their most primal motivations, and establishes a partnership with the long-dead poet.” It is also the aim of this essay to explore how Shakespeare employs and expands upon the violence described in his “Ovidian precursor” to highlight his themes of societal breakdown and honour in the setting of ancient Rome. The…

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    The play that I constructed illustrates different stages of grief. Elaine, the mother struggles to navigate through her day whereas Nick has embraced his loss and found a way to continue his day-to-day life and finds comfort in the memory of his daughter. The decision to set the story in a homely place, the kitchen, seemed natural as to indicate Elaine’s struggle and displacement with her surroundings, simple tasks such as making a cup of tea or breakfast are proving impossible. I preferred a…

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    In William Shakespeare's work Hamlet , Shakespeare uses the ghost of the deceased king, a character with only a brief presence, to play a significant role in the plot of the story as a whole in multiple ways. The first way Shakespeare uses the ghost of King Hamlet is by first using him to play a crucial role in the development of the characters in the play This is especially true regarding Hamlet. An example of the ghost influencing the development of the characters in the play is sending Hamlet…

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    small actors,” as once stated by Constantin Stanislawski, illustrates that not every character has to have an abundance of stage time in order to play a substantial role. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet , King Hamlet’s Ghost, although only present in a modest number of scenes, proves to be a significant presence among several of the leading roles. Trapped in purgatory, the ghost is unable to repent his sins, therefore seeking revenge for his murder through his son, Hamlet. The ghost…

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    not to feign: that is the question surrounding the behavior and actions of one of literature's most enigmatic tragic heroes. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the question is often asked of whether or not Hamlet is indeed insane, or feigning insanity for his own personal desire of investigating the truth behind Claudius and his role in murdering his father without raising too much suspicion on his part. After centuries of debate on the topic, Franco Zeffirelli came in confidently with his…

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    At the beginning of this play there was absolutely nothing that happened besides Hamlet being a coward in killing his Uncle Claudius if he would have been like you know what I am going to go kill that guy I will get punished anyway it would have saved at least three acts that we would not have had to read. No instead Hamlet had to have a conscience and think about it. This is where the structure comes into play when is the right time when you have had enough monkeying around and get on with it…

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    Hamlet is subversive at the beginning and middle of Shakespeare’s play because he pushes back on various intersectional forces, such as gender, class and religion. Although he is subversive for the majority of the play, he inevitably gives in to these intersectional forces and becomes subservient to them. Shakespeare shows us different characters such as Fortinbras and Laertes, who exemplify what the typical roles look like for their gender and social class. Observing these characters, we…

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