Othello
Othello shows signs of revenge, when Othello stabs Iago who he thought was a loyal and trusted friend for telling him lies about his wife and planting false evidence like her dropped handkerchief in the lodging of a woman who which she spends most her time and conversations making him distrust her and then eventually persuading him to strangle her while she was sleeping.
Iago lies about his wife and planting false evidence like her dropped handkerchief in the lodging of a woman who which she spends most her time and conversations making him distrust her and then eventually persuading him to strangle her while she was sleeping.
Revenge in plays allows the audience to feel conflicting emotions such as whether a person should be allowed to take justice into his own hands and if there is no justice to feel frustration and desire for justice against the oppressors. This is related to the definition from freebase dictionary. I could this information to portray the same type of emotions in my project, frustration and uncertainty. Othello was a good source because it has assisted in understanding revenge for a Shakespearian perspective as well as giving ideas on how I could implement my idea of revenge and manipulation
Hamlet
http://www.academia.edu/4052380/HAMLET_AS_A_REVENGE_PLAY/ Academia ©2016/ Mrs Poonam Valera uploaded
Researching revenge in literature, Shakespeare’s Hamlet seems to cover this theme. According to Valera, 2016, there are specific characteristics that the dramatist has to include to portray a revenge play like some kind of murder or crime has to be committed, for example, in Hamlet, he has to avenge the premature death of his father by his brother. Hamlet discovers this tragedy by his father’s ghost talking to him and by the playwright getting an actor to look into the ghost’s eyes to see the truth of his accusation. Another element is the fact that the avenger always knows who to avenge or is informed by others as to whom to execute their anger upon. For example in Hamlet, his father’s ghost recognised and named his killer, so Hamlet was in no doubt who to kill.
With Revenge in literature, it seems that bloodshed, betrayal, treachery and struggle seem to be connected to this theme. In a revenge play, the revenge has a devastating impact upon the avenger and the avenged and it seems to happen at the end of the play. Finally, under the theme “revenge” there is an inner torment for the avenger as to whether avenge the death of a loved one or not.
Conclusion
Shakespeare is very inspiring when it comes down to love and revenge, these plays have helped me establish different aspects and perspectives of revenge. It is great and it has helped me immense because it has cleared up some things on revenge for me and it makes me think of questions to ask myself when developing my idea. By researching revenge in literature especially plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it will show me how to insert the theme into my script when it is written. Also, when watching the film or reading the play, I will be able to relay the feelings, thoughts and behaviours expected to be executed by my actors when I am in the pre-production stage of my film. By researching revenge in the art world, this will assist me in creating marketing and branding ideas for the post-production of my film.
Stephanie Corr-Amajor 