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Revenge In Hamlet And The Right Kind Of House

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As seen in William Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet, Henry Slesar and David Patneaude’s short story “The Right Kind of House” and “The Spirit of Franklin Landry” respectively, the protagonist turns to revenge to cope with the loss of their loved ones. Often, the ultimate form of vengeance in these stories is death. “One day I am gonna hurt you. I promise”. This quote by Anika Singh, a social artist, refers to revenge. Revenge is a powerful trigger that puts people into action. People in society have always felt the need to take revenge on someone who has harmed them, and that has been happening for many centuries since. Similarly, it is seen in William Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet, Henry Slesar, and David Patneaude’s short story “The Right …show more content…

71-75). The readers also witness Hamlet’s madness, his contemplation on life and death, and other secret plots in the play. Though it is the end scene that makes this revenge story memorable. In the end, Claudius plans to kill Hamlet in a fencing match. But soon, he is tripped up by his schemes against Hamlet; he kills Claudius with the poisoned rapier and then forces him to drink the poisoned wine, which was both meant for Hamlet. Even though Hamlet executed his revenge, he didn’t live long to savor the moment. He also dies by one of Claudius’ cunning …show more content…

This example can be seen in David Patneaude’s “The Spirit of Franklin Landry”. When Charles Landry’s son, Franklin, dies, he avenges his death by staging a violent crime. He frames his son’s killers, the Cutter boy’s, for murder. The evidence of “blood on the back seat, and a ring belonging to one of the Cutters on the front board” and “bloody baseball bat tucked away in the corner of the garage along with [his] keys” (Patneaude 73) are set up in a way that it seems that the Cutter’s boys are responsible for his death. Charles was victorious with his plan because soon, “the police brought the Cutter’s out… and they got life sentences. Or death sentences” (Patneaude 73-74). Even though he broke the law, Charles doesn’t worry about it because he has finally received his closure and got to pursue justice for his dear

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