Hamlet: A Revenge Tragedy
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet can be defined as a revenge tragedy.
In Shakespeare's tragedies the reader sees a noble, heroic central
character who is destroyed because a defect in his character either causes
him to involve himself in circumstances which overpower him, or makes him
incapable of deal ....
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.... about human life and death.
Hamlet begins after Hamlet's father has died. This has casted an
unwanted and heavy cloud upon Hamlet's soul. Throughout the play Hamlet
learns that his father's death was no mistake, but it was Hamlet's uncle's
plan to murder him. This, of course, throws a much larger burden on
Hamlet's hands and the thirty year old prince becomes insane. Hamlet then
seeks revenge. A revenge tragedy is a bloody, violent play dramatizing a
detailed, blood ....
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