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Shakespeare & Sophocles: Revenge & Moral Requirements, 1987.
Compares & contrasts Shakespeare's HAMLET with Sophocles' ELECTRA. Focuses on the theme of revenge & the moral requirements placed on the protagonists.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 63.95
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"The central issue in both Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Electra by Sophocles is revenge and the moral requirement placed in the protagonist to seek revenge. Hamlet is charged with seeking revenge by the Ghost of his murdered father. Electra and her brother, Orestes, seek revenge for the murder of their father as well, and they are carrying out a revenge that is expected of them as a moral act to make things right once more. In both cases, the kingdom that had been ruled by the father was in turmoil precisely because the ruler had been murdered, and the act of revenge will also have the effect of returning the kingdom to a state of peace.
Both plays are examples of tragedy and represent examples of that form of drama, and the tragic hero in each case fulfills the norms set down by Aristotle. Tragedy in this conception finds the (...)"
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Shakespeare and Sophocles: Tragic Heroes, 1993.
Compares and contrasts the tragic heroes in Sophocles' "Ajax" and Shakespeare's "Othello".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 55.95
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"The heroes of tragic drama possess a nobility that sets them above the common order of human beings, but this also means that they have farther to fall when their fatal flaw brings them to the brink of disaster. Faced with such an eventuality, the hero has to face what he or she has done. One means taken to assert his or her nobility by taking responsibility in a manner the average person would not, through suicide. This can be seen in different ways in the character of Ajax in the play Ajax by Sophocles and the character of Othello in Othello by William Shakespeare.
Perhaps the most notable character trait in Othello is the one that seems the most anomalous--his trusting nature--and this characteristic also serves to elevate him as a benevolent leader. Such a nature is unusual in a successful field general, someone who ..."
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Sophocles? "Oedipus" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet", 1984.
This papers compares psychological the tragic heroes of Sophocles? "Oedipus" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"Sophocles? "Oedipus" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet" have much in common. Both plays deal with corruption in the state, incest, and the psychological torments of the two men--Oedipus and Hamlet--who must set things right. By pursuing the corruption that threatens the destruction of each of their states so relentlessly, both Oedipus and Hamlet are destroyed. And they both undergo the psychological tortures of the damned as they fulfill their destinies on the road to the truth. Neither Oedipus nor Hamlet can escape the fate that the gods have decreed for them. It is their destiny to cleanse the state at the expense of their own existence.
Before his birth, Oedipus is fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
Knowing this destiny, his parents intend to have Oedipus killed but a shepherd saves him and he goes to ... "
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Tragedies By Sophocles and Shakespeare, 2001.
An essay on how tragic characters deal with death as seen by Sophocles and Shakespeare.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 55.95
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In this paper the author examines the tragedies of Antigone and Hamlet. The characters of Antigone and Hamlet are tragic figures who meet their fates while trying to right or avenge a wrong committed against a dead loved one. The author examines the many traits they have in common and the important differences which influence how the reader responds to them emotionally.
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"In Greece two brothers, one a hero, the other a traitor, meet on the field of battle. Both fall. The hero receives a funeral with full honors. The traitor is left to rot where he died. When the king forbids his burial under penalty of death, the traitor?s courageous sister forfeits her life to perform the proper rites. "
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Shakespeare: Justice, Revenge, and Mercy, 2002.
Examining the aspects of justice, revenge and mercy in Shakespeare's works.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the elements of mercy, justice, and revenge in the Shakespearean plays "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth", "The Winter's Tale", and "The Tempest", paying particular attention to how mercy, justice, and revenge drive the respective plots and motivate the characters.
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Revenge in Shakespeare, 2002.
A comparitive essay on Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet", focusing on the common theme of revenge.
1,274 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses two plays by William Shakespeare, "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet". Specifically, it provides an analysis of the theme of revenge in both plays, and compares how revenge harms the characters in both the plays. The paper portrays revenge to be the undoing of the main characters in both plays, and illustrates how deadly the need to avenge can become.
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"Revenge may be sweet, but in "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare shows the ugly side of revenge, the side that harms everyone it touches. Revenge is an ugly word that indicates evil and violence, and these two plays illustrate the tragic side of revenge. All the lives lost in both plays could have been spared if vengeance had not been such an issue for all the families, and that is the real and abiding tragedy of these works."
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Revenge in "Hamlet" and "The Revenger?s Tragedy", 2005.
Compares the motivations for revenge and actions of revenge in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Vindici's "The Revenger's Tragedy".
1,359 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper explains that while the main protagonists in both Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Vindici's "The Revenger's Tragedy" may share the seem motivation for revenge (i.e., death of a loved one), their different characters and circumstances make the way they carry out their revenge quite different.
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"Indeed, in my opinion, it is an important note to be made, as the originality of each main character is not determined as much by their underlying motivation, common in both cases, but by the road that takes them to their revenge action. In this sense, it seems useful to emphasize that, despite the obvious similarities between the two plays and the two main characters, driven by the fact that they both belong to the revenge genre, there are differences worth noting in each approach towards revenge for each play in part."
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Shakespeare's Themes of Love And Revenge, 2002.
Discussion of two main themes found in repeatedly in Shakespeare's plays.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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Shakespeare wrote several plays with "Hamlet" being one of them that shows the constant themes of love and revenge. In many of the plays it is like changing names and having the plots the same.
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"Othello" by William Shakespeare and "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, 1991.
A comparison of the issues of faith and faithlessness in the main characters of the two plays.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 39.95
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"This study will compare and contrast the issues of faith in Shakespeare's portrayal of Othello and Sophocles portrayal of Oedipus in Othello and Oedipus Rex.
The first obvious difference between the two tragic characters is that Oedipus is a deeply faithful man who sets out on an exploration to find his father's murderer, not knowing that the man is his father nor that he himself is the murderer. He believes that the gods are essentially on his side in this effort, that the truth will bring relief not only to himself but to his kingdom which is suffering from the plague, and that life is essentially good and just.
Othello, on the other hand, is a man who has no faith whatsoever in his faithful wife Desdemona. It might be said that he has faith in Desdemona's accuser, Iago, but the fact behind..."
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"Hamlet" ( William Shakespeare ) & "Oedipus Rex" ( Sophocles ), 1997.
Compares methods of detective work of plays' protagonists in seeking killers of their fathers.
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"This study will compare the methods of the detective work of the protagonists in Shakespeare's Hamlet Sophocles' Oedipus Rex as they seek to discover the killers of their fathers (although Oedipus does not know the murdered man was, in fact, his father). The study will focus on three points of comparison: the nature and causes of the delays in the detective work of Hamlet and Oedipus; the surreptitious and indirect nature of Hamlet's methods, compared to the public and direct approach of Oedipus; and the focus of Hamlet in the present compared to the focus of Oedipus in the past. All of these points of comparison and contrast are shaped by the fact that Hamlet is fully aware of the object of his detective work (his murderer uncle Claudius), while Oedipus does not know that the object of his search is Oedipus himself."
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Shakespeare's "Hamlet", 2005.
This paper analyzes the representation of revenge in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
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This paper explains that the concept of revenge in Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" is significant. The author points out that revenge serves as a point of convergence for both the contributing literary traditions, which influenced Shakespeare's work, and the multiple modes through which audiences in his time and in later centuries interpreted the action of the drama. The author reviews some of the critical literature on the tradition of revenge tragedy. The paper relates that the question of revenge is integral to the play "Hamlet" in resolving such otherwise puzzling elements as Hamlet's apparent delay and reluctance to take action.
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"The concept of "revenge" in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet is significant as it serves as a point of convergence for not only the contributing literary traditions that influenced Shakespeare's work, but also of the multiple modes through which audiences in his time and in later centuries interpreted the action of the drama. Indeed, as even a brief review of the critical literature on the tradition of "revenge tragedy" and Hamlet reveal, the question of revenge is integral not only in resolving such otherwise puzzling elements such as Hamlet's apparent "delay" and reluctance to take action."
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Revenge in "Hamlet", 2004.
An analysis of the theme of revenge in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", contemplating the various aphorisms Shakespeare considers regarding human nature.
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This paper discusses how William Shakespeare?s version of "Hamlet" is one of the most well known revenge tragedies ever written and how it is still widely admired today. It considers how Shakespeare represents the pyschomacia an avenger must undertake when contemplating murder. It also examines how he manages to represent the god fearing opinion of the Elizabethan audience with Hamlet?s vacillation and his fright of God?s condemnation as well as the modern audience of today with Claudius?s eventual murder.
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"The main exploration of Hamlet?s revenge is in the soliloquies in the play. Here the audience gets to see past Hamlet?s ?antic disposition? and into the bewildered mind of a confused avenger. Hamlet?s cerebration causes him to turn his raging emotional turmoil into unequivocal action ?Yet I like a John a dreams?. Hamlet asks an actor to deliver a Pyrrhus speech to summon up his courage but all he can do is ?like a whore unpack my heart with words.? Hamlet?s vacillation between the classical and Christian attitudes to revenge display how complex the action is. He wishes to live vicariously through a hero like Pyrrhus but fears God?s condemnation if he commits the act. The Elizabethan audience would frown upon the act of revenge and the modern audience would have a more mixed reaction."
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Hamlet: The Psychology of Revenge, 2004.
This paper considers the psychological picture of revenge in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet."
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper considers the psychological picture of revenge in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." The paper explains the tradition of the Elizabethan revenge play and uses Hamlet as a case study in the psychology of revenge.
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"In his masterpiece "Hamlet," William Shakespeare closely adheres to the traditions of the Elizabethan revenge play as a crime is committed that goes unpunished by law and must be avenged by an injured party. Hamlet's obsession with his father's wrongful death and subsequent quest to both prove Cladius' guilt as well as punish the usurper to the crown, serve as the centerpiece of Shakespeare's revenge tale, though the theme is reinforced in Laertes' desire to avenge his father and sister's deaths."
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Revenge in Plays, 2005.
An examination of the concept of revenge in the William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Thomas Middleton's "The Revenger's Tragedy."
1,101 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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Shakespeare and Middleton explore the depth and range of the human psyche in their plays, "Hamlet" and "The Revenger's Tragedy." This paper discusses how, through the characters of Hamlet and Vindici, we discover different motivations to their feelings of vengeance, illustrating the complexity of human nature as it relates to revenge. It explains however, that while both plays operate under the same theme of vengeance, they are quite different in terms of how each protagonist is portrayed and how each play is received. Hamlet, because he relates his father's death to the state of the world, represents a larger social commentary on mankind while Vindici and his antics represent a play that shocks rather than provokes thought.
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"Hamlet is also motivated by an outside force, which is the ghost. The presence of the ghost guarantees that hamlet will find no rest from his sorrow or his shock until he avenges his father's death. The presence of the ghost adds a supernatural element to Hamlet that The Revenger's Play does not have. This element allows us to believe Hamlet when he compares the rankness in Denmark to the fallen state of the world. The ghost heightens Hamlet's inner conflict not only because it exists but because of its request. Hamlet's religious upbringing has taught him that murder is wrong and Hamlet tries to get out off killing Claudius by wasting time trying to determine of the ghost is legitimate or simply a "goblin damned" (Shakespeare i.iv.44). Even when hamlet decides that the ghost is good, he experiences difficulty following his orders. The ghost in Hamlet opens the play up to spirituality and thus spiritual conflicts."
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Revenge on Claudius, 2004.
Examines the main protagonist's desire for revenge in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
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Shakespeare?s "Hamlet" is a play about revenge and indecision. Because Hamlet?s father is wronged, Hamlet himself spends most of the play deliberating on the subject of his revenge against his uncle Claudius, who has killed his father, married his mother, and assumed the throne. This paper examines Hamlet?s quest for vengeance by examining the text itself, as well as secondary sources, and concludes that Hamlet?s delay in taking vengeance is primarily based on his indecision, his self-interest, and his desire to protect Gertrude.
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"In putting on the play to mock Claudius, Hamlet takes a step towards making his vengeance complete, but he loses something of his own nature in the process. ?Forced to master his opponent?s craft of smiling villainy, he becomes not merely an actor but also a dramatist, ingeniously using a troupe of traveling players, with their ?murder in jest,? to unmask the king?s own hypocritical show?? (Neill, p. 314). This is just playing at real revenge, though. Hamlet does eventually kill Claudius and rid the throne of this usurper, and it is tragic that he dies in the process of doing this. Vengeance could have been carried out with less of a tragic risk to his own personal safety if it had been less personalized and brooded over for a lesser period of time."
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