Part 1 of Essay
William Shakespeare's Hamlet can be defined as a revenge tragedy. In Shakespeare's tragedies the reader sees a noble, heroic central character who is destroyed because a defect in his character either causes him to involve himself in circumstances which overpower him, or makes him incapable of dealing with a destructive si ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... about human life and death. Hamlet begins after Hamlet's father has died. This has casted an unwanted and heavy cloud upon Hamlet's soul. Throughout the play Hamlet learns that his father's death was no mistake, but it was Hamlet's uncle's plan to murder him. This, of course, throws a much larger burden on Hamlet's hands and the thirty year old prince becomes insane. Hamlet then seeks revenge. A revenge tragedy is a bloody, violent play dramatizing a detailed, bloodcurdling scheme to avenge some wick ....