Hamlet

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simply, simplistically even, as a revenge tragedy. ¡¦s father, the king of Denmark, is killed by his brother, Claudius, who, overriding the rights of succession, appropriates both the crown and the wife of ¡¦s father. The ghost of the father reveals everything to his son, and all the elements of the revenge tragedy are in place: has an obligation to avenge the murder, the usurpation, and the adultery. This he does by killing Claudius at the end of the play. However it is clear that the theme of vengeance is merely a vehicle used by Shakespeare in order to articulate a whole series of themes central to humanity: „h relationships between father and son, mother and son, and and his friends „h love relationships „h power wielding „h madness, feigned madness, dissembling All these themes, as well as others, are found in . However, it is important to remember that himself is at the centre of everything, and it is on him that all the great themes are focused. There is no other ...

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