During the time of the Elizabethan theater, plays about revenge were very common and a regular convention was formed on what aspects should be put into a typical revenge tragedy. In revenge tragedies, a crime is committed and for various reason laws and justice cannot punish the crime, so the individuals go through with the revenge in spite of everything. The play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, closely follows the dramatic guidelines in Elizabethan theater. …showed first 75 words of 1264 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1264 total…impetuosity shown through his certainty, hastiness, and harsh words to the churlish Priest. Despite the fact that both Hamlet and Laertes love Ophelia and their fathers, Hamlet’s revenge is characterized by uncertainty, while Laertes’ revenge is characterized lby impetuosity. Both believe revenge is the only course of action that will vindicate the nefarious killing of their fathers. This theme of revenge in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet closely follows the criteria of typical Elizabethan theater.