refrence to ‘ The Revenger’s Tragedy’. William Shakespeare wrote the play ‘Hamlet’ in 1602 and presented crime and punishment through the corrupted society in which they lived. This is highlighted through the character of Claudius‚ Hamlet and Gertrude. ‘The Revenger’s Tragedy’ written by Thomas Middleton similarly presents crime and punishment through characters of The Duke‚ Vindice‚ The duchess and Spurio. Crime in ‘Hamlet’ is presented and it highlights corruption within society. Many characters
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death. During the scene 5 of Act I‚ it is revealed by the ghost of King Hamlet that he was murdered by his own brother‚ Claudius. Thus‚ Hamlet is impelled to satisfy his father’s request and avenge his father’s death by killing Claudius. Moreover‚ Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ briskly marries King Claudius‚ thus prompting Hamlet to having a distrust of women. The play centers on making moral choices‚ corruption‚ and the nature
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Gertrude sits highly on her throne as Queen of Denmark‚ but however royal she may be‚ she lacks the qualities of a good mother and loyal wife. She provides little to no care towards Hamlet despite her obvious acknowledgement of his sudden change in his personality and attitude. She quickly remarries two months after her husband’s death‚ to her own brother-in-law‚ disregarding that her son is furious and grief-stricken. ____ How does Queen Gertrude’s shallow personality‚ poor parenting‚ and turbulent
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different stories‚ share many similarities. One of the major similarities between the two plays is their tone‚ that being tragedy‚ and another similarity‚ although not as clear‚ is their endings which both involve suicide and loss‚ Oedipus Rex with Jocasta killing herself‚ and Antigone with Haemon‚ Antigone‚ and Eurydice killing themselves. This common theme‚ added with the underlying and not so underlying themes of incest in Antigone and Oedipus respectively‚ leads one to wonder what Greek life was
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is awakened by Pervis‚ who breaks her spyglass before returning it. At dinner‚ Nicolas (Warhol’s son) tells Alexa about his mother Renny’s interest in the art of Jocasta. That day‚ when Alexa is in her favorite nook again‚ she discovers that the medallions which the library cats Sam and Pepper have hanging from their collars‚ have Jocasta etched on them. Alexa is successful in looking at Sam’s but receives a nasty scratch when she attempts to look at Pepper’s. Later on‚ Alexa uses the silver key to
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children; however he is his mother’s seed and ironically he married and reproduced with his mother. By definition plowman prepare the fields with seeds and expect plants to be produced. Oedipus and widowed Queen Jocasta marry‚ are intimate and reproduce children. The imagery is the same for Jocasta and
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When Oedipus spoke to Jocasta‚ his emotions felt uneasy and depressed about what the outcome would be. “Is there any more wretched mortal than I more hated by God and man?” (48) He was unsecured which made him worry about what Jocasta told him. Later he became more depressed when the truth was out. As soon as the shepherd came‚ his depression grew. “What should I do with eyes
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Being ignorant of the world around oneself is worse than being blind. The truth is hard to observe if one is not thinking critically and be open minded. When one is self absorbed in his own hubris‚ he will lose track of values that are much more important to him‚ including his own prophesized fate. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus’s “blindness” towards the decisions he made and his past added to his inevitable downfall. One of the many aspects that Oedipus failed to perceive were the clues of his own past
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intelligence. He then marries Jocasta‚ played by Eleanor Stuart‚ and struggles with a plague that causes death among Thebes. Oedipus sends Creon‚ played by Douglas Rain‚ his brother in law to an Oracle. The oracle then reveals that in order to stop the plauge he must find the old king‚ lauis’s murderer. Oedipus then seeks the help of teiresias‚ a blind prophet who tells him he is Laius’s murder‚ and Lauis was his own father. Oedipus then realizes he married his mother. In a panic‚ jocasta commits suicide by
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Deception is first shown from the start of the play when the reader finds out that Claudius has gone against his brother King Hamlet. It is also shown when Gertrude has remarried unexpectedly soon after her husband’s death. This affects how Hamlet sees his mother and causes some of the madness Hamlet portrays throughout the play. Later in the play the reader then sees that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have secretly
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