Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy Shakespeares The History Popular during

Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy & Shakespeare’s

The History… �Popular during the late 16 th and early 17 th century �Based off Roman/Greek tragedies �Thomas Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy �Tragedies = tragic hero = tragic flaw

Common Elements �Play within a play �Insanity/madness/psychology �Hesitation of the hero �Philosophic soliloquies �Supernatural characters �Characters with grievances �Murder/death/gore �Trickery/manipulation/deceit

Revenge Vs. Avenge REVENGE � Noun � Vengeance AVENGE for yourself � Verb � To take vengeance on behalf of someone else

Formula/Struct ure �Something disrupts the order of things. �CHAOS! �Social �Bad restraint falls away. things happen & order is restored.

Hamlet �Written between 1599 -1601 �Longest play written – 4, 042 lines Hamlet has 1, 530 lines �No basis in historical events � 45 movie versions �“To be or not to be” most quoted Allusions in pop-culture ▪ The Lion King ▪ Billy Madison ▪ The Simpsons line

Look out for… �Symbolism �Puns & double meaning �Appearance v Reality Sanity v Insanity �Random Fortune v Divine Master �Underlying Sexuality �Differences in vengeance �Death v Decay v Corruption Plan

Dramatic Terms Review �Soliloquy Purpose: �Aside Purpose: �Monologue �Allusion �Irony Dramatic Verbal