FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Ghost
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Madness
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Play within a play
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Physical horrors
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Weddings
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common ingredients include: the hero’s quest for vengeance, often at the prompting of the ghost of a murdered kinsman or loved one; scenes of real or feigned insanity; a play‐within‐a‐play; scenes in graveyards; scenes of carnage and mutilation; etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -The greatest example of a Revenge Tragedy is Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1603), where the title character seeks revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet’s father.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the exact genre of Hamlet? Hamlet is a revenge tragedy. It features the elements of a tragedy common in his time such as a murder, ghosts, and someone seeking revenge, but it also has elements of a tragedy such as the main character having a fatal flaw.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are three main revenge plots throughout the play. Hamlet seeks revenge on King Claudius, who killed his father. Laertes seeks revenge on Hamlet, who killed his father, Polonius. Fortinbras avenges his revenge on Denmark because his father, the King of Norway, was killed by Hamlet’s father in battle.