Essay - Revenge in Shakespeare Introduction the Purpose of This Paper is...

REVENGE IN SHAKESPEARE

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze two plays by William Shakespeare "Hamlet," and "Romeo and Juliet." Specifically, it will contain an *****alysis of revenge in both plays, ***** compare how revenge harms the characters in both plays. Revenge is ***** undoing of the main characters in both *****, and shows how deadly the need to avenge can become.

REVENGE IN HAMLET AND ROMEO AND JULIET

Revenge may be sweet, but in "Hamlet" ***** "Romeo and Juliet," ***** shows the ugly side of revenge, the side that harms everyone it *****uches. Revenge ***** an ugly word that *****dicates evil ********** violence, and these ***** plays illustrate the tragic ***** of *****. All the lives lost in both plays could have been spared if vengeance had not been such an issue for all the families, ***** that is the real and abid*****g tragedy ***** *****se works.

***** seems that just about everyone knows the ***** story of Romeo ***** Juliet. The play has turned into modern motion pictures, and spawned countless love songs. If you say the name Romeo, most people ***** think ***** a romantic lover right away, but the story is also a story of revenge between two ***** that drives them apart, ***** drives them to death.

Both ***** have a central theme of war, or violence that comes directly from the need for ***** in ***** the families. In Hamlet, it ***** Hamlet fight*****g his demons and his enemies. ***** ***** ***** Juliet, it is two rival families, ***** Montagues and the Capulets, who fight each other out of hate ***** vengeance. Both plays use ***** vengeful violence as a re*****on ***** break families apart. "'Tis but thy name ***** is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ***** a Montague. What's Montague? It ***** nor hand, ***** foot, Nor arm, nor face, ***** any ***** p***** Belonging to a man. O, be some other *****! What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other ***** would smell as *****" (Shakespeare and Bloom II.i.80-86)

Revenge plays heavily in "Romeo ***** *****," especially on Romeo, who feels he must avenge Mercutio by attacking Tybult, and revenge becomes the ***** axis the play revolves around. In this unending need ***** vengeance, Romeo ***** Hamlet are incredibly alike, not in madness, ***** in the madness of revenge. "At the turn*****g-point for Romeo - as for ***** ***** the revenge code exacts obedience" (Shakespeare and Bloom 58). ***** is as if the two men ***** given up power over themselves, and allowed revenge to take over completely, obliterating their common sense, and even their need ***** love ***** affection. Revenge is all consuming, and can ruin even the kindest of characters, such ***** Romeo, who is re*****y a much better ***** th*****n a *****er.

Romeo ***** Juliet also both commit suicide due ***** a m*****underst*****nding, which ultimately began with revenge. Juliet takes a sleeping potion to fake her death so