Shakespeare is the best dramatist of English literature. Hamlet is his most popular play. It is called a Revenge tragedy. When we go through the whole play, it seems that it is a revenge play. Many critics approve it. Revenge is a powerful, natural and dangerous emotion. To satisfy inner urge, an individual takes the law into his own hands. Some times the revenge appears as the source of political and domestic horror. It is a feeling that never sleeps. It appeals to dramatist because it provides a logical framework for the depiction of human passions. It also appealed to Shakespeare and he used it as a major theme in his Hamlet. The Revenge Tragedy is especially associated with Seneca, an ancient Roman dramatist. Seneca produced the tragic effect by horrifying incidents, bloody actions. This type of tragedy reached in England during Elizabethan period. Kyd opened a new chapter in the history of the Revenge play. Shakespeare also adopted the dramatic tradition of the Revenge tragedy
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