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    Vengeance is one of the most powerful motivators in the world. The desire for revenge drives people to do foolish things based on what they think is justified. Virtue is another powerful motivator, but when faced with the choice, most humans, including Prospero, would choose vengeance. Shakespeare presents vengeance as a stronger influence than virtue in his play. The Tempest. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the main character, Prospero is a very vengeful man, but he does not start out that way. His

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    Revenge often corrupts the mind from thinking straight. All the characters in the play were impacted by other people’s vengeance. Due to this, many characters met their doom. In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the theme of revenge is portrayed, by Hamlet’s decisions, the desires of other characters, and the fates that they met. The feelings of hate and vengeance convinces Hamlet to take action. But, he does not act quickly. Though he does not know who killed his father, a ghost explains to him

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    pursuit of vengeance. Initially, Hamlet uses his wits in order to attain retribution. He began his plot when he discovered the murderer of his father: Claudius, his uncle and current king of Denmark. He heard it from the words of his father’s ghost: “The serpent that sting thy father’s life now wears the crown” (Shakespeare 42). Hamlet’s plan was to set up a play for his uncle. He said, “I’ll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle” (Shakespeare 42). He believed

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    Revenge, revenge is not just a small action made by a hurt person. It is a life changing choice. “Am I willing to give up and risk things I love and want for vengeance”. A big example of this is Hamlet. Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is a play about a prince whose uncle killed his father to become king. The story revolves around this boy’s revenge for his father and how it hurt him and the people around him. A lesson we learn from the story Hamlet is how revenge can hurt the

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    that Claudius is an evil man who does not want the best for Denmark and Hamlet's mother. The news Hamlet has learned produces a sense of determination in Hamlet to prove Claudius has killed his father and to murder him as revenge. While seeking vengeance the guilt and hatred building in Hamlet causes him to go mad and he begins to question his actions, "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer" (3.1, 55-56). In this famous speech, Hamlet is considering

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    choices we decide to commit. Revenge appears relentlessly throughout the play “Hamlet”, as a result, revenge isn’t worthwhile. One’s desire for revenge leads to another’s revenge and it's just a cycle that continues. The play condemns a task of vengeance through the destruction of character, loss of identity, and death. Hamlet wanted revenge on Claudius for killing his father, he also wanted revenge on both his “friends” for betraying him, and Claudius and Laertes wanted revenge on hamlet for killing

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    Hatred, in Shakespeare’s Othello, destroyed the lives of so many innocent people, creating an atmosphere of fear and mayhem. Jealousy turned into a deep hatred, and liberated the "beast in man" (Bloom's major dramatists).This mayhem caused a substantial amount of destruction and led to the demise of many. Hatred in Othello starts with Brabantio, who claims Othello is a noble, respectable man. However, Brabantio hates dark skin and foreign roots, two attributes Othello possesses. Brabantio’s hatred

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    their hands” -(Google Definition). This action has not only consumed many, but has underlined the true fairness as well. In the play Hamlet revenge becomes a problem for the characters and in a sense drives the play. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to lash out in anger and emotion rather than think logically in judgement. The need for revenge has faced the kingdom from the beginning due to the unfairness of land ownership. King Hamlet had killed

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    Bitter sweet is the everlasting, piercing taste that cannot be shaken when one’s only motive in life is revenge. In the play Hamlet it becomes Hamlets goal to seek revenge for his father’s death after he finds out his uncle Claudius killed him. Due to his revengeful mind he makes a mistake in killing Polonius the father of the women he loved, and she Ophelia, due to her father’s death, becomes infected with the madness which leads to her taking her own life. Is it up to us to seek revenge or up

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    Hamlet Is about the Prince of Denmark Hamlet, and his obsession with revenge of his father’s death. Not soon after a ghost appears to four guards and it resembles Hamlets father, the guards then tell Hamlet about it. Until then Hamlet is arguing about his uncle Claudius marrying his mother Gertrude. afterwards the ghost appears to Hamlet revealing it is his father and says that Claudius poisoned him by pouring poison in his ear. Soon after hamlet vows revenge for Claudius’s actions. after that Hamlet

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